Henry Richmond Droop
Henry Richmond Droop (born September 12, 1832 in Stamford Hill , † March 21, 1884 in London ) was an English mathematician . It is attributed to the development of the droop quota , which is used today in elections according to the system of single transferable votes . He may also have been the first to formulate what would later become known as Duverger's Law in 1869 .
swell
- Alumni Cantabrigienses , Part II, II, p. 340; on-line
Individual evidence
- ^ William H. Riker: The Two-Party System and Duverger's Law: An Essay on the History of Political Science , The American Political Science Review, Volume 76, Issue 4 (December 1982), pp. 753-766, especially p. 756 ; on-line
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| SURNAME | Droop, Henry Richmond |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stamford Hill |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1884 |
| Place of death | London |