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John McCrae
Canadian doctor, soldier and poet, 1872–1918. 1 explained quote.
“In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row.”
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About John McCrae
John McCrae was a Canadian physician who served as a field surgeon in the First World War. He wrote “In Flanders Fields” in May 1915 after the death of a friend near Ypres. He died of pneumonia in France in January 1918, while the war was still being fought.