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

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.