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John McCrae: Canadian Poet, Physician, and Soldier Known for "In Flanders Fields" Biography: John McCrae was a Canadian poet, physician, and soldier during World War I. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields". He was born in Guelph, Ontario to Lieutenant-Colonel David McCrae and Janet Simpson Eckford. McCrae's father had served with the Guelph Home Guard and was a member of the Guelph city council. He attended the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute and had asthma problems. McCrae graduated from the University of Toronto and studied medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He