Corrado Melfi, Baron of St. John (

Chiaramonte Gulfi Chiaramonte Gulfi ( Sicilian: ''Ciaramunti'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. Geography Chiaramonte Gulfi is located on a hill-top north of Ragusa at an altitude of above sea level. The highest poin ...

, January 16, 1850 - January 9, 1940) was an Italian

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

and

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

. At the end of the 19th century he discovered the archeological site of

Akrillai Akrillai ( grc, Ἄκριλλαι) and Akrilla ( grc, Ἄκριλλα), Acrillae (in Latin) was an ancient Greek colony located in the modern province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, where the town of Chiaramonte Gulfi stands today. The ruins of the o ...

and the minor site of Scornavacche, not far from Akrillai. In 1912 he gave large accounts of his discoveries in his ''Cenni storici su Chiaramonte Gulfi''. The findings of excavations are housed in the Hyblean Archaeological Museum of

Ragusa Ragusa is the historical name of Dubrovnik. It may also refer to: Places Croatia * the Republic of Ragusa (or Republic of Dubrovnik), the maritime city-state of Ragusa * Cavtat (historically ' in Italian), a town in Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Cro ...

and in the Archeological Museum of

Syracuse Syracuse may refer to: Places Italy *Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa'' *Province of Syracuse United States *Syracuse, New York **East Syracuse, New York **North Syracuse, New York *Syracuse, Indiana * Syracuse, Kansas *Syracuse, Miss ...

.N. Bonacasa, ''Commemorazione di Antonino Di Vita'', Rend. Mor. Acc. Lincei s.9 volume 23, 299-313 (2012).

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Archaeologists from Sicily 1850 births 1940 deaths People from Ragusa, Sicily Writers from the Province of Ragusa {{italy-historian-stub