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Kane, Elisha Kent

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Kane, Elisha Kent (1820-1857)

US explorer. He was medical officer of the expedition (1850-51) financed by US shipping merchant Henry Grinnell(1799-1874) to discover traces of Sir John Franklin's expedition. He also commanded a second expedition (1853-55), also financed by Grinnell. He published The US Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin (1853) and Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition (2 volumes; 1856).

He was born in Philadelphia and studied at Virginia University. He later became a surgeon in the US navy, visiting India, China, Africa, and Mexico.
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