Dr. Scheffers contributions to science and the natural world of marine and terrestrial mammals covered more than five generations beginning in 1932.  He was perhaps one of the worlds first naturalists and conservationist, a scientist, a photographer and a prolific author with more than 29 books to he is name and 284 scientific publications to his credit, all of which he conveyed with the hand written word.  His early insights and discoveries formed some of the building blocks todays methodologies.