John McCrae
Poet, Author
1872 – 1918
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Who was John McCrae?
Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I, and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields". McCrae died of pneumonia.
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- Born
- Nov 30, 1872
Guelph - Also known as
- Dr. John McCrae
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- University of Toronto
- Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute
- Died
- Jan 28, 1918
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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