Name: Themistocles, known as Temi Surname: Zammit Date of Birth: 30th September 1864 Village: Valletta Occupation: Doctor Famous for:

Sir Temi Zammit.

After graduating in medicine from the University of Malta, "Temi" Zammit, as he was generally known, specialised in bacteriology in London and Paris. His 1905 discovery of contaminated milk as the vector for transmission into humans of brucellosis (B. melitensis) present in the blood of the goat – greatly contributed to the elimination from the islands of undulant fever, earning him the knighthood. After graduating in medicine from the University of Malta, "Temi" Zammit, as he was generally known, specialised in bacteriology in London and Paris. His 1905 discovery of contaminated milk as the vector for transmission into humans of brucellosis (B. melitensis) present in the blood of the goat – greatly contributed to the elimination from the islands of undulant fever, earning him the knighthood. brucellosis

His 1905 discovery of contaminated milk as the vector for transmission into humans of brucellosis (B. melitensis) present in the blood of the goat – greatly contributed to the elimination from the Maltese islands of undulant fever, earning him the knighthood. He has also studied the Maltese language, Maltese Archaeology and History.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.