ELISHA KENT KANE
\ɪlˈiːʃə kˈɛnt kˈe͡ɪn], \ɪlˈiːʃə kˈɛnt kˈeɪn], \ɪ_l_ˈiː_ʃ_ə k_ˈɛ_n_t k_ˈeɪ_n]\
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A celebrated American Arctic explorer; born at Philadelphia, Feb. 3, 1820; died at Havana, Feb. 16, 1857. Was a surgeon in the United States navy. Having previously visited practically every other quarter of the globe, he accompanied the Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin (1850-52). On his return, by contributing the proceeds of a series of lectures and his pay, he shared in equipping a second expedition, under his own command (1853-55). These adventures were in spite of feeble health and frail constitution. He died young. His two works, "The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin" (1854) and "Second Grinnell Expedition" (1856), are very interesting. He started northward the second time so quickly that the first work went through the press without his revision.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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