Henry Richmond Droop

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Henry Richmond Droop (12 September 1832 – 21 March 1884) was an English barrister[1] after whom the Droop quota is named.[2] He also may have been the first to write down what later became known as Duverger's Law, in 1869.

He married Clara Baily (ca. 1841 – 7 September 1921) on 17 August 1872 and was the father of archaeologist John Percival Droop (1882–1963).

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Henry Richmond DROOP". web.archive.org. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ Droop, H. R. (1881-06). "On Methods of Electing Representatives". Journal of the Statistical Society of London. 44 (2): 141. doi:10.2307/2339223. ISSN 0959-5341. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  • William H. Riker Duverger's Law: Forty Years Later. From Grofman and Lijphart Electoral Laws and their political consequences 1986.