Claim: Giacomo Damiani was an Italian zoologist and was instrumental in assembling a zoological collection at Villa San Martino.
Evidence: Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them". 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.