John McCrae                                                                                                                                                          Many years ago John McCrae "lived, felt dawn, and saw sunset glow" these are words from John McCrae's famous poem "In Flanders fields". John McCrae was born and raised in Guelph on November 30, 1872. He died at the age of forty-five on January 28, 1918.When he died it was because he had pneumonia. He was taught at the University of Toronto for one year (1892-1893). He was called into war as a medical doctor to help the soldiers when they were wounded. He was inspired by the war to write his famous poem "In Flanders fields" which he wrote on May 3, 1915. He has several institutions named after him because of what a great person he was. He is also still a very famous Canadian.

By: Kyle