Michele Tenore

Who was Michele Tenore?

Michele Tenore was an Italian botanist active in Rome, Italy.

Tenore studied at the University of Naples, receiving his medical degree in 1800. There he was a friend of botanists Domenico Maria Leone Cirillo and Vincenzo Petagna, made numerous botanical excursions into Abruzzo and particularly Majella, and gave private courses in botany. In 1811 he succeeded Petagna to the university's chair in botany.

Tenore helped establish the Botanical Garden of Naples, and became its director in 1850. He also served as president of the Accademia nazionale delle scienze, and served as president of the Accademia Pontaniana six times from the 1830s through the 1850s.