February 16, 1857(1857-02-16) (aged 37) Havana, Cuba
Buried
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Allegiance
United States of America
Branch
United States Navy
Service years
1843–1857
Rank
Assistant surgeon
Expeditions
First Grinnell expedition
Second Grinnell expedition
Relations
Thomas Leiper (grandfather)
John K. Kane (father)
Thomas L. Kane (brother)
Elisha Kent Kane (February 3, 1820 – February 16, 1857) was a United States Navy medical officer and Arctic explorer. He served as assistant surgeon during Caleb Cushing's journey to China to negotiate the Treaty of Wangxia and in the Africa Squadron. He was assigned as a special envoy to the United States Army during the Mexican–American War and as a surveyor in the United States Coast Survey.
He was senior medical officer in the First Grinnell expedition to rescue or discover the fate of the explorer Sir John Franklin. He was credited with the discovery of an encampment and gravesite from Franklin's lost expedition on Beechey Island. He led the Second Grinnell expedition to the Arctic which was unsuccessful in discovering the fate of Franklin's expedition. His explorations of the Arctic went further North than any other expeditions at the time and led to the eventual path to the North Pole taken by subsequent explorers.
He spoke frequently to large audiences about his Arctic expeditions. He published two books chronicling his explorations; The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal Narrative in 1856 and Arctic explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853,'54, '55 in 1857. Two United States Navy ships, a lunar crater and a waterway in the Arctic were named in his honor.
ElishaKentKane (February 3, 1820 – February 16, 1857) was a United States Navy medical officer and Arctic explorer. He served as assistant surgeon during...
expedition, and many would-be polar explorers took up the theory, including ElishaKentKane, Dr. Isaac Israel Hayes, and George Washington De Long. It was believed...
Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Kane for ElishaKentKane: USS Kane (DD-235) was a Clemson-class destroyer commissioned in 1920...
Fox Kane and Catherine Fox Jencken. New York: G.W. Dillingham. Edinger, Ray. (2015). Love and Ice: The Tragic Obsessions of Dr. ElishaKentKane, Arctic...
alludes to the exploits of her late brother-in-law and Arctic explorer ElishaKentKane. This property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
translator who worked on the American and British Arctic expeditions of ElishaKentKane, Charles Francis Hall, Isaac Israel Hayes and George Strong Nares,...
broadcaster ElishaKentKane (1820–1857), physician, polar explorer, lover or husband of spiritualist Margaretta "Maggie" Fox John K. Kane (1795–1858)...
Grinnell, to determine the fate of the Franklin's lost expedition. Led by ElishaKentKane, the team explored areas northwest of Greenland, now called Grinnell...
coast to Cape Purchase. 1853–54 – American explorer ElishaKentKane and his men chart the Kane Basin and discover Kennedy Channel. One of his men, William...
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climatic and anthropogeographic studies. He was the 1916 recipient of the ElishaKentKane Gold Medal from the Geographical Society of Philadelphia. In 1909,...
applause, but many thought Kane had gotten away with murder. Kane, ElishaKent. "ElishaKentKane Papers". Retrieved 18 July 2018. "Blogger". rebelhistory...
unsuccessful, he funded a second expedition with the Advance under ElishaKentKane which explored the region named Grinnell Land off the north-western...
science, and history.[citation needed] It awards the ElishaKentKane Gold Medal, named for ElishaKane, "for eminent geographical research." Recipients have...
explored separately by many expeditions, including those by John Ross, ElishaKentKane, William Edward Parry, and James Clark Ross; overland expeditions were...
of the well-known people buried there, such as Adam Forepaugh and ElishaKentKane, appear as characters. The Henry Disston family mausoleum is the largest...
(1951) Bonaparte-Wyse Gold Medal, Société de Géographie de Paris (1951) ElishaKentKane Gold Medal, Geographical Society of Philadelphia (1952) Honorary Member...
Northwest, and captained a voyage to the arctic to successfully save Dr. ElishaKentKane who had gone missing on his own search for Franklin. After arriving...
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