Victor D'Hondt date of birth:
November 20, 1841
How old was Victor D'Hondt when died?
59
When did Victor D'Hondt die?
May 30, 1901
Victor D'Hondt body shape:
Average
What color is Victor D'Hondt's hair?
Grey
Is Victor D'Hondt gay or straight?
Straight
What is Victor D'Hondt's ethnicity?
White
What is Victor D'Hondt nationality?
Belgian
What is Victor D'Hondt's occupation?
Businessman, Jurist, Lawyer, Mathematician
Short Biography
Victor D'Hondt (20 November 1841 – 30 May 1901) was a Belgian lawyer, salesman, jurist of civil law at Ghent University, and mathematician. He devised a procedure, the D'Hondt method, which he first described in 1878, for allocating seats to candidates in party-list proportional representation elections. The method has been adopted by a number of countries, including Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovenia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Iceland, Uruguay and Wales. A modified D'Hondt system is used for elections to the London Assembly.