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	Elisha Kent Kane - LoveToKnow 1911
		Young Kane entered the university of Virginia and obtained the degree of M.D. in 1842, and in the following year entered the U.S. navy as surgeon.
		Kane was in feeble health, but worked on at his narrative of the expedition, which was published in 1854, under the title of The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin.
		Dr Kane died at Havana on the 16th of February 1857, at the age of thirty-seven.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Elisha_Kent_Kane (638 words)

	Elisha Kent Kane Papers, American Philosophical Society
		Elisha Kent Kane was born in Philadelphia on February 3, 1820, the son of the jurist and Democratic politician John Kintzing Kane and his wife Jane Duval Leiper.
		Kane left his correspondence regarding his role in Maggie's education with his brother in order to leave a paper trail indicating that he was nothing more than a generous benefactor of the young woman.
		Kane clearly agonized over his decision but he and his family had built his public image very carefully and were not about to let a fling with a Spiritualist undo their hard work.
	www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/k/kaneek.htm (5855 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Although Kane was never publicly married, he had had a continuing association with the spiritualist Margaret Fox from 1855 to 1857 and after his death she claimed to have been his wife.
		[Elisha Kent Kane is the author of a number of scientific articles, the first of which was his thesis in medicine, “Experiments on kiesteine, with observations on its applications to the diagnosis of pregnancy,” published in American Journal of the Medical Sciences (Philadelphia), new ser., 4 (July 1842): 13—38.
		Jeannette Mirsky, Elisha Kent Kane and the seafaring frontier (Boston, 1954).
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38120 (1776 words)

	Elisha Kent Kane
		Kane was present at a meeting of De Haven and William Penny (commander of one of four other Franklin searching parties in Lancaster Sound that year) on Beechey Island when three graves of Franklin crewmen (exhumed and autopsied in 1984 by Owen Beattie) were found.
		Kane’s attention to diplomatic issues, such as his relationship with the Inuit as well as his humane handling of the secession episode, provides insight into the quality of leadership that eventually returned seventeen of his twenty men to civilization (a third crewman: Ohlsen, died accidentally on the trek south).
		Elisha Kent Kane was born 3 February 1820; Philadelphia, PA to John Kintzing Kane, Attorney General, State of Pennsylvania (1845-1846), later Judge of U.S. District Court of Eastern Pennsylvania, J. Kane served the American Philosophical Society as Secretary, (1828-1848); as Vice-President (1848-1857), then as President (1858).
	www.ekkane.org /Biographies/BioKane.htm (1464 words)

	Elisha Kent Kane
		Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857) was the surgeon and official historian on an 1850 expedition to the Arctic to look for possible survivors of the Franklin Expedition.
		Kane led a second expedition in 1853 with the same objectives, but when his ship became icebound, his objective changed to one of survival.
		Upon his return to the U.S., Kane was hailed as a hero, and although he suffered from scurvy and a heart ailment, he undertook a program of writing and lectures.
	www.athropolis.com /arctic-facts/fact-kane.htm (262 words)

	Kane, Elisha Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kane, Elisha Kent, explorer, physician, naval officer (b at Philadelphia, Pa 3 Feb 1820; d at Havana, Cuba 16 Feb 1857).
		In 1845 Kane joined the US Navy as assistant surgeon, and saw action in the Mexican-American War of 1848.
		Kane has been widely hailed as America's greatest explorer, and it was he who pioneered the idea that northern explorers should adopt the Inuit way of life, particularly in clothing and diet.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004223 (178 words)

	Kane Elisha Kent - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Kent (England), county, southeastern England; Maidstone is the administrative center.
		Kent lies between the Strait of Dover on the south and...
		Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Kent State University, College of Fine and Professional Arts, Kent State University,...
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	Kane
		Elisha Kent Kane, born in Philadelphia 28 February 1820, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1842.
		Kane finally abandoned the icebound brig Advance 20 May 1855 and escaped the clutches of the frozen north by an 83-day march of indomitable courage to Upernavik.
		Kane recommissioned 23 September 1939 to serve in the neutrality patrol in the North Atlantic.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/k1/kane-i.htm (1668 words)

	US People--Kane, Elisha Kent (1820-1857)
		Elisha Kent Kane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 3 February 1820.
		In 1850-1851, Kane was surgeon and official historian for the DeHaven expedition, sent to the Canadian Arctic in the brigs Advance and Rescue to look for possible survivors of Sir John Franklin's exploring party.
		Kane's hand is shown resting on a monument inscribed "Sacred to the Memory of W. Braine R.N. Erebus...".
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-k/ek-kane.htm (502 words)

	Elisha Kane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elisha Kent Kane (28 February 1820 – 16 February 1857) was a medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century.
		Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kane was the son of John Kintzing Kane, a U.S. district judge, and Jane Duval Leiper.
		Kane finally abandoned the icebound brig Advance 20 May 1855 and escaped the clutches of the frozen north by an 83-day march of indomitable courage to Upernavik.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elisha_Kent_Kane (395 words)

	Kane, Elisha Kent. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Seeking adventure after medical school, Kane entered naval service and before he was 30 had seen many parts of the world and had served in the Mexican War.
		This expedition, of which the American physician and arctic explorer I. Hayes was medical officer, passed northward through Smith Sound at the head of Baffin Bay, discovered and explored Kane Basin, and discovered Kennedy Channel beyond.
		Kane’s expedition had contributed more knowledge of Greenland than that of anyone before him.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ka/Kane-Eli.html (309 words)

	Kane, Elisha Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kane, Elisha Kent, explorer, physician, naval officer (b at Philadelphia, Pa 3 Feb 1820; d at Havana, Cuba 16 Feb 1857).
		In 1845 Kane joined the US Navy as assistant surgeon, and saw action in the Mexican-American War of 1848.
		Kane has been widely hailed as America's greatest explorer, and it was he who pioneered the idea that northern explorers should adopt the Inuit way of life, particularly in clothing and diet.
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	Metro Pulse/Secret History/The Verdict
		In 1947, at 53, Kane suffered a paralytic stroke that his family attributed to an illness he contracted in the war; he was crippled for the rest of his life, which he divided between Kane, Pennsylvania, and Largo, Florida.
		Elisha Kent Kane III was in St. Petersburg in early 1959, when he died of a cerebral hemorrhage, a few weeks before his 65th birthday.
		Kane aspired to be an important author, but today, the other Elisha Kent Kane, the 19th-century Arctic explorer, is still much better known even at UT than the great nephew who shared his name.
	www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2000/1038/t_secret.html (1460 words)

	Kane Paul: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		The "Obsequies of Dr. Elisha Kent Kane," appended to the biography proper, and...
		Swans fan Paul Kane, 23, was jailed for his part in the...A number of Swansea fans, including Kane, entered the pub - some went to the...bravery.
		Football: KANE IN THE NECK;...Thats What Saint Paul Aims to Give Rangers...Sturrock among others that Paul Kane will be seen as a key...showed enough to convince Paul that I was worth signing...gone well since then." Kane, along with John ONeil...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/kane_paul.jsp (1493 words)

	Countway Medical Library - Archives and Records Management - Image of the Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Medallion of Elisha Kent Kane, 1857 [Storer 1848]
		Although survivors of the Franklin expedition were never found, Kane and the Grinnell Expedition did locate the graves of three of Franklin's men on Beechey Island, in the Canadian Arctic, in August 1850.
		Elisha Kent Kane campaigned actively for a second chance to find Franklin, and he was put in command of the Second Grinnell Expedition in 1853.
	www.countway.med.harvard.edu /archives/iotm/iotm_2005-12.shtml (402 words)

	Elisha Kane Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Elisha Kent Kane was born in 1820, the son of a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania judge.
		Initially practicing as a physician, Kane quit the simple life for an appointment as the physician to the Chinese embassy, sailing for China aboard the frigate BRANDYWINE in May of 1843.
		On the day when the ship had to be abandoned, Kane wrote: “We read prayers and a chapter of the Bible; and then, all standing silently round, I took Sir John Franklin’s portrait from its frame and cased it in an india-rubber scroll.” The portrait returned with Kane and was placed in his study.
	www.arcticwebsite.com /KaneBio.html (517 words)

	The Mountain Laurel Review - The Kane Family, Part One
		John Kane, a Philadelphia lawyer and later Federal Court judge, was the father of Elisha Kent Kane, John Kane and Thomas Kane.
		Judge Kane was named one of four executors to the estate of his brother-in-law, Samuel Leiper.
		To this day Thomas Kane is remembered by the statue erected in his honor located in the rotunda of the state capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah.
	www.mlrmag.com /articles/kane_family_part1.html (612 words)

	ELISHA KENT KANE (1820... - Online Information article about ELISHA KENT KANE (1820...
		Franklin, Kane was appointed surgeon and naturalist under Lieut.
		Henry Grinnell fitted out an expedition, in the little brig " Advance," of which Kane was given thecommand.
		BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /JUN_KHA/KANE_ELISHA_KENT_18201857_.html (937 words)

	H-Net Review: Richard C. Powell on Exploring Other Worlds: Margaret Fox, Elisha Kent Kane, and the Antebellum Culture ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When Elisha Kent Kane died in Cuba in February 1857, less than two years after returning from the Second U.S. Grinnell Expedition (1853-1855) to the Arctic, he had become one of most celebrated public figures in America.
		Similarly, Kane's return from his second Arctic expedition in 1855 allowed the public to become involved in discussion of the theory of the Open Polar Sea (that is, that milder waters, supporting plant and animal life, would be found at the poles).
		Chapin documents at length the ways in which Kane and especially Fox were destroyed as curiosity intruded into their private lives and impeded a halting romance begun after a chance Philadelphia meeting in late November 1852.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=176771144162324 (1092 words)

	H-Net Review: Richard C. Powell on Exploring Other Worlds: Margaret Fox, Elisha Kent Kane, and the Antebellum Culture ...
		When Elisha Kent Kane died in Cuba in February 1857, less than two years after returning from the Second U.S. Grinnell Expedition (1853-1855) to the Arctic, he had become one of most celebrated public figures in America.
		Similarly, Kane's return from his second Arctic expedition in 1855 allowed the public to become involved in discussion of the theory of the Open Polar Sea (that is, that milder waters, supporting plant and animal life, would be found at the poles).
		Chapin documents at length the ways in which Kane and especially Fox were destroyed as curiosity intruded into their private lives and impeded a halting romance begun after a chance Philadelphia meeting in late November 1852.
	www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=176771144162324 (1092 words)

	Bob & Sallie Connelly: Kane Manor Auction - Background
		Kane organized the Bucktail Regiment of sharpshooters, and fought during the Civil War at Gettysburg and Chancellorsville.
		Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857) was a famous Naval Surgeon, Arctic explorer and artist.
		Elisha is noted for the two U.S. Grinnell Arctic Expeditions to find Sir John Franklin, 1850-54.
	www.bobconnelly.com /kaneback.html (543 words)

	Powell's Books - Exploring Other Worlds: Margaret Fox, Elisha Kent Kane, and the Antebellum Culture of Curiosity by ...
		Kane, from a prominent Philadelphia family, became one of the most renowned and honored explorers of the antebellum era.
		In their separate professional lives, Kane and Fox each revealed something new and strange (though not necessarily true) to their audiences--the unknown worlds of the globe and the spirit.
		Margaret Fox, Elisha Kent Kane, and the Antebellum Culture of Curiosity
	www.powells.com /biblio/72-155849457x-0 (305 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Kane
		Kane, John V. — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Democrat.
		Kane, Peter — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Conservative.
		Kane, Susan — of Artesia, Los Angeles County, Calif. Democrat.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/kane.html (771 words)

	Kane, Elisha Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Elisha Kent Kane - Biography of the explorer, scientist and author from the Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society.
		Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857) - Portraits and a brief biography of the adventurer and writer.
		Elisha Kent Kane Papers - Biography and writings of the 19th-century explorer.
	www.alguer.it /directory/index.php?browse=/Arts/Literature/Genres/Travel_and_Adventure/Kane,_Elisha_Kent (109 words)

	UMass Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press
		Margaret Fox, Elisha Kent Kane, and the Antebellum Culture of Curiosity
		Kane, from a prominent Philadelphia family, became one of the most renowned and honored explorers of the antebellum era.
		In their separate professional lives, Kane and Fox each revealed something new and strange (though not necessarily true) to their audiences—the unknown worlds of the globe and the spirit.
	www.umass.edu /umpress/spr_04/chapin.html (414 words)

	BIOGRAPHY OF ELISHA KENT
		Elisha Kent Kane was something of a wunderkind in American scientific and exploring circles in the second quarter of the 19th century.
		In 1853 he led another search expedition, attaining the northernmost point to be achieved for the next 16 years.
		Kane died in Havana in 1857 at age 37.
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	sk.depot.htm
		The purpose of the railroad was to give Elisha Kane access to the county seat of Smethport.
		Kane also got permission from the Smethport borough to lay his track along Water Street.
		Kane arrived to start laying down his tracks, but it was to late.
	www.smethporthistory.org /smethportkushequa/sk.depot.htm (156 words)

	Biography of Elisha Kent Kane by William Elder at Questia Online Library
		Kane's Sea--The Chart--Summary of Operations--Last Will--Voyage to England--Hoping against Hope--Reception in London--Last Letter --Disease of the Heart--Voyage to St. Thomas--On his Way to Cuba --Attack of Paralysis--At Havana--Longing for Home--Last Scene of all--He sleepeth--Interpretation--Church Relations--Free-Masonry --The Obsequies--Legislative Resolutions--Learned Societies-- English Testimonial
		Kane's Sea-Sickness--His Habits on Board--Failing Health--The Rescue-Party--A Bad Restorative--Government of the Crew--AllowAance of Food--Dr. Kane's Abhorrence of Corporal Punishment--His Attention to the Sick--His Spirit of Scientific Inquiry--His Social Demeanor and Conversation--Exercise--Dietetics
		Kane named a bay for Peabody near the...Peabody Institute, Baltimore, 1857-69; $30,000 to the Peabody Institute...
	www.questia.com /library/book/biography-of-elisha-kent-kane-by-william-elder.jsp (1286 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Book of Good Love: Books: Juan Ruiz,Elisha Kent Kane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It was then consisdered by many to be vulgar, but Elisha Kane, the translator of this volume found it to be most interesting and, with his brillant translation, shows the reader how so.
		Kane has illustrated the rhyming quatrains with impish cartoons.
		Kane was a professor of Romance Languages when he did the translation.
	www.amazon.ca /Book-Good-Love-Juan-Ruiz/dp/1588710025 (471 words)

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