The Story of John Mcrae
Title: The Story of John Mcrae
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 2454 | Pages: 9 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Story of John Mcrae
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 2454 | Pages: 9 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Story of John McCrae
John McCrae is the author of the famous poem, In Flanders Field, written during the First World War. John was born in 1872 and raised in Guelph, Ontario and is remembered as one of Guelph's most famous citizens.McCrae was more than a poet, and was in fact a doctor, soldier, author and artist. The biological grandparents of John McCrae, Thomas and Jean emigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1849 and settled
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for a friend, Alexis Helmer, that McCrae was
inspired to write In Flanders Fields. The poem was written May 3, 1915 and first published that same year. McCrae, later became ill with pneumonia, which was soon accompanied by meningitis. Four days before he died; he was honoured by being the first Canadian appointed as
consulting physician to the First British Army. John McCrae died on January 28 1918, and was buried with military honours at Wimereaux Cemetery in France.