Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander
McCrae, MD (1872 – 1918)
Biography
 Lieutenant
Colonel John Alexander McCrae was a Canadian, poet, physician,
author artist and soldier during the First World War, most
noted for his poem “In
Flander’s Fields”.
Born in Guelph, Ontario, McCrae studied at the Guelph Collegiate
Vocational Institute and later went on to study medicine on
a scholarship at the University of Toronto.
John McCrae had previously served in the artillery division
during the Second Boer War. With Canada being part of the
British Empire, when war with Germany was declared, McCrae
was appointed as Field Surgeon in the Canadian Artillery division,
and took charge of a field hospital during the Second Battle
of Ypres, 1915.
The famous poem, In
Flanders Fields, was inspired by the loss of a friend
and former student – Lt. Alexis Helmer, whom was killed
in battle. In 1918 McCrae himself died, having caught pneumonia
and meningitis.
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Book
In Flanders Fields and Other Poems
(Paperback)
by John McCrae (Author)
Paperback: 108 pages
Publisher: Dodo Press (June 30, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1905432283
ISBN-13: 978-1905432288
Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches |
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