Victor Blanchard Scheffer (November 27, 1906 – September 20, 2011)[1] was an American biologist and the author of eleven books relating to natural history.
His father, Theophilus H. Scheffer (1866-1966), was an associate biologist for the United States Bureau of Biological Survey for 27 years, who focused on wildlife management in the Pacific Northwest.
Dr. Scheffer was a founding member of the advisory board of BirdNote, a radio show about birds, and dedicated to education and conservation.
That book, called "remarkable" by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt,[5] received wide attention and appeared on American best-seller lists.
In a review in the New York Times, famed naturalist Loren Eiseley wrote that "Scheffer knows, as Melville knew, that it is an 'unwritten life' he seeks to chronicle.