Themistocles Zammit

Themistocles Zammit studied at University of Malta. The recorded working language is Maltese and English. The field of work recorded is archaeology, medicine and microbiology. Employment is recorded with University of Malta and National Museum of Archaeology. Positions recorded include rector. Distinctions recorded are Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George and Knight Bachelor.

• Name — Sir Themistocles Zammit • Born — 30 September 1864 • Birthplace — Valletta, Malta • Died — 2 November 1935 • Occupation — Archaeologist, historian, medical doctor, academic, writer • Spouse — Aloisia Barbaro di San Giorgio • Children — 2

After graduating in medicine from the University of Malta, Zammit specialised in bacteriology in London and Paris. It is understood that in 1905 the discovery of contaminated milk as the vector for transmission to humans of Brucellosis melitensis present in the blood of the goat greatly contributed to the elimination from the islands of undulant fever, earning him the knighthood. Author of several literary works in the Maltese language, Zammit was conferred the DLitt Honoris Causa by Oxford University. He was knighted in 1930, having previously been admitted as a Companion to the Order of St Michael and St George. He also published a history of the Maltese islands and excavated important archaeological sites, such as the Hypogeum and the megalithic Tarxien Temples, Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra, which have since been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites.