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John McCrae

Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I (1872-1918)

  • Fame54.9
  • Momentum0.7
  • Wikipedia8.2K
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Lived 1872–1918, aged 46Canada
CanadaCanadaWritersWriter / Author
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    27 languages
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  • Era
    1872–1918
    Aged 46
  • Known for
    What Have We Learned, …
    1983
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Updated 2026-06-20

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. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields". McCrae died of pneumonia near the end of the war. His famous poem is a threnody, a genre of lament.

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Historical23.7
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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