John McCrae, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John McCrae

Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1872

Place of Birth: Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 28-Jan-1918

Profession: physician, poet, physician writer, painter, university teacher, pathologist, soldier

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About John McCrae

  • Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (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.

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