Michele Tenore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michele Tenore

Italian botanist

Date of Birth: 05-May-1780

Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1861

Profession: politician, university teacher, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Michele Tenore (5 May 1780 – 19 July 1861) was an Italian botanist active in Naples, 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 (1739–1799) and Vincenzo Petagna (1734–1810), 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 1810.
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.
In 1853 he founded the Tenore prize, still awarded from the Accademia Pontaniana.