Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) 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 near the end of the war.

John McCrae (born November 30, 1872, Guelph, Ontario, Canada—died January 28, 1918, Wimereux, France) is best known for his short poem “ In Flanders Fields” (1915). He wrote it while serving as a medical officer during World War I. The poem is often considered to be one of the most famous war poems ever written.

Mar 15, 2016 · John McCrae, soldier, physician, poet (born 30 November 1872 in Guelph, ON; died 28 January 1918 in Wimereux, France). A noted pathologist and army physician, Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was also a poet; he wrote “In Flanders Fields” — one of the most famous poems of the First World War.

Born in Guelph, Ontario, Canadian poet, soldier, and physician John McCrae earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Toronto, where he received the Gold Medal.

The fascinating story of John McCrae, the Canadian soldier who wrote In Flanders Fields—the poem that would become a Remembrance Day classic.

Jan 23, 2023 · 105 years on from his death, we examine the work of war poet John McCrae and his most enduring work In Flanders Fields. Discover World War history today.

John McCrae was deeply affected by the fighting and losses in France. He became bitter and disillusioned. He felt he should have made greater sacrifices, and insisted on living in a tent through the year, like his comrades at the front, rather than in the officers' huts.

Canadian physician, soldier, teacher and poet John McCrae was born in Guelph Ontario on November 30, 1872, the second son of Scottish immigrants Lieutenant Colonel David McCrae and Janet Simpson Eckford McCrae. John McCrae had a remarkable affinity for people and animals.

John McCrae, the writer of “In Flanders fields,” the most famous poem of World War I, was a man of many talents, undergirded by the highest standards of loyalty, service, and duty.

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium.