Kane, Elisha Kent, 1856-1935

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Arctic explorer, surgeon, naval officer, and author. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; educated at the Universities of Virginia and Pennsylvania. He received his doctor of medicine in 1843. Kane travelled abroad extensively, explored the Arctic, and was a member of the Second Grinnell Expedition to the Arctic, 1854-1855. He died in Havana 16 Feburary 1857.

From the guide to the Elisha Kent Kane Papers, 1825-1855, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections.)

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Birth 1856-11-25

Death 1935

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