Claim: Giacomo Damiani was an Italian ichthyologist and ornithologist and was instrumental in assembling a zoological collection called “la Collezione Elbana” at Villa San Martino.
Evidence: Giacomo Damiani (August 1871, Portoferraio – 1944) was an Italian ichthyologist and ornithologist He was instrumental in assembling a zoological collection called "la collezione Elbana" at Villa San Martino (), now dispersed.