Henry Richmond Droop

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

1. "Henry Richmond DROOP". 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
2. Droop, H. R. (June 1881). "On Methods of Electing Representatives". Journal of the Statistical Society of London. 44 (2): 141–202. doi:10.2307/2339223. ISSN 0959-5341. JSTOR 2339223.

• William H. Riker Duverger's Law: Forty Years Later. From Grofman and Lijphart Electoral Laws and their political consequences 1986.