Corrado Melfi, Baron of St. John (

Chiaramonte Gulfi Chiaramonte Gulfi (Sicilian language, 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, Italy, Ragusa at an altitude of ...

, 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 species; as well as the ...

and

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

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

Akrillai Akrillai () and Akrilla (), Acrillae (in Latin) was an ancient Greek colony of Magna Graecia located in the modern province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, where the town of Chiaramonte Gulfi stands today. The ruins of the old colony can be found in t ...

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 may refer to: Places Croatia * Ragusa, Dalmatia, the historical name of the city of Dubrovnik * the Republic of Ragusa (or Republic of Dubrovnik), the maritime city-state of Ragusa * Ragusa Vecchia, historical Italian name of Cavtat, a t ...

and in the Archeological Museum of

Syracuse Syracuse most commonly refers to: * Syracuse, Sicily, Italy; in the province of Syracuse * Syracuse, New York, USA; in the Syracuse metropolitan area Syracuse may also refer to: Places * Syracuse railway station (disambiguation) Italy * Provi ...

.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