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John McCrae was born on November 30, 1872, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His father, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, was a prominent local lawyer and his mother, Janet Simpson McCrae, was a housewife. McCrae had two younger brothers, Robert and Andrew. McCrae’s father died when he was just eleven years old. McCrae was educated at the Guelph Grammar School and the Toronto Collegiate Institute. He went on to study medicine at the University of Toronto.

McCrae’s medical career began in 1898 when he enlisted as a gunner in the Canadian Artillery during the Second Boer War. He served in South Africa for six months before returning to Canada. In 1900, McCrae returned to South Africa as a medical officer with the Canadian Field Hospital. He served during the Siege of Ladysmith and the Battle of Paardeberg. McCrae returned to Canada in 1901 and set up a medical practice in Guelph.

McCrae’s poetry career began in 1915 with the publication of In Flanders Fields. The poem was written after the death of McCrae’s friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who was killed by a shell explosion during the Second Battle of Ypres. In Flanders Fields quickly became one of the most popular poems of the First World War. It was read aloud at public gatherings and printed in newspapers across Canada and the United States.

After the war, McCrae continued to work as a doctor and wrote occasional poems. He also served as the Commanding Officer of the Guelph Militia and as a lecturer at the University of Toronto. McCrae died of pneumonia on January 28, 1918, at the age of 45.

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