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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| referencedIn | Kane family collection, approximately 1835-1931 | L. Tom Perry Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Kane family collection, approximately 1835-1931 | L. Tom Perry Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Kane, Thomas Leiper, 1822-1883. Thomas L. and Elizabeth W. Kane papers, 1835-1931. | Harold B. Lee Library | |
| referencedIn | Kane family papers, 1690-1982 | L. Tom Perry Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIj, 1898-1988 | American Philosophical Society | |
| referencedIn | Thomas L. Kane papers, 1690-1982 | L. Tom Perry Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | Elisha Kent Kane Papers, 1825-1855 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Kane, Florence Bayard, 1868-1943. Papers, 1886-1943. | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
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| correspondedWith | Kane (Family : Kane, Thomas L. (Thomas Leiper), 1822-1883) | family |
| associatedWith | Kane, Florence Bayard, 1868-1943. | person |
| associatedWith | Kane, Thomas Leiper, 1822-1883. | person |
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Birth 1856-11-25
Death 1935
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