*The Biography of John McCrae*
*"If we do not end war – war will end us. Everybody says that, millions of
people believe it, and nobody does nothing" H.G. Wells. I believe that John
McCrae would have agreed with H.G. Wells. John McCrae was born in Guelph,
Ontario. He wrote the famous Canadian poem "In Flanders Fields", after his
experiences in the war at Ypres, Belgium. John McCrae was enlisted after
the beginning of World War 1 in 1914, and was posted as a medical officer
at Ypres,* *on April 1915. *
*Many people believe that John McCrae wrote "In Flanders Fields" on May 3,
1915. He was a thoughtful man, who expressed his feelings through poems.
When he wrote the poem, he wasn't very sure as to what or why he wrote the
poem. He discarded the poem after writing it, but a soldier picked it up
and sent it in to **Punch magazine. I think he was trying to send a
message, through his poem; but he wasn't sure what his message was.*
*McCrae was a great physician. He studied at the University of Toronto, and
trained at the Alexandra Hospital. Whenever he treated the injured soldiers
he wrote letters home explaining the casualties. He was one of the doctors
for the Boer war in South Africa. June 1915, he was transferred to Boulogne
No.3 General Hospital, because of his pneumonia; on January 28, 1918 he
died. John McCrae believed that war was to be stopped, but he couldn't do
anything to stop it. *

                    John McCrae                            

"In Flanders fields the poppies blow…" John McCrae wrote this line while at war. These words come from McCrae's poem:" In Flanders fields". Mr. McCrae was born on November 30, 1872 and was raised in his birth place: Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Many years later, John started attending classes at the University of Toronto. In 1900, he stated going to McGill University in Montréal. Mr. McCrae served as an artillery subaltern from 1899-1900 in the Canadian Contingent during the Boer war in South Africa. Thereafter, John McCrae became a Sargent. Just then, on July 8, 1914, the First World War started. Later John McCrae went to war and stated fighting in Ypres, Belgium on April of 1915 and became the officer of medicine. I think that war is brutal and gruesome. The only reason soldiers go to war is because they need to protect us. Many months later on June 1, 1915, John was transferred to Boulogne No.3 General Hospital as the officer of medicine. Earlier that day Mr. McCrae wrote his new poem: "In Flanders fields". Months later "In Flanders fields" was published by Punch magazine on December 8, 1915. John was allowed to keep his positions until his death. On January 28, 1918, John died due to pneumonia. John McCrae died at the age of 45. The war ended on November 11, 1918. John McCrae was enlisted in the first Canadian Contingent just after the First World War.
Kris

                                         JOHN McCRAE                          2/11/11

John McCrae wrote a poem during war. He described what he saw and how the red poppies grew row by row where people were dying. John McCrae was born on November 30, 1872 and raised in Guelph Ontario. John McCrae was educated at a university of Toronto in 1900.he was not new to war because he served as an artillery subaltern from the 1899-1900 in the Canadian contingent during the Boer war in South Africa. Later after world war one started. He became a Sargent and an officer of medicine in Alexandra's hospital. John McCrae was a brave soldier in world war one witch stared July 1914 and ended November 11, 1918. John McCrae was a very lucky soldier because he was one of the soldiers who survived. Sadly he died three months later from pneumonia, he was only 45. Before he died on December 8 1915 punch magazine published his poem "In Flanders Fields".  John McCrae has one of the best's poems in the world.

                                             By: Lucas

                                                     

                                                   

John McCrae

John McCrae

 

"We are the dead," is a quote by John McCrae. He said this because he knew that he would probably die sooner or later. John McCrae was born and raised in Guelf, Ontario on November 30, 1872, and died of pneumonia on January 28, 1918. John McCrae was a medical doctor who wrote "In Flanders Fields." He was educated at the University Of Toronto. But in 1900 he was appointed fellow in pathology at McGill University in Montreal. He was not a newcomer to war because he had already served in a artillery during (1899-1900) in Subaltern. Soon after World War 1 started he was enlisted for the war. On June 1, 1995 John McCrae was transferred to No.3 Canadian General Hospital. John McCrae was put as officer in charge of medication. On December 8, 1995 punch magazine published "In Flanders Fields" In my opinion I think John McCrae is an excellent poet, because I think he expressed his true feelings, and what he thought about war in the poem he wrote "In Flanders Fields." I think he was a very brave and loyal medical doctor, because he had to watch some of his comrade's die on the battle, and look at the people coming in for treatment that are gushing blood out, and you can see their raw flesh because of all the fighting. John McCrae is one of the bravest medical doctor, and awesome poet ever.

                                                                                                 By: Justin

                                                           

John McCrae

           

               Abraham Lincoln said, ''Go forward without fear." John McCrae can be described like that. John was born November 30, 1872 Guelph Ontario. He went to the University of Toronto. McCrae was a physician at Alexandra hospital and an assistant physician in Royal Victoria hospital at Montreal. John joined in the First Canadian Contingent. Later he served artillery and became a medical officer. He is famous for one of his poems called ''In Flanders Fields''. During his life he wrote many poems and one of the best was ''In Flanders Fields''. The poem was published in Punch magazine December 8, 1915. Later John was in a hospital because of pneumonia in June 1, 1915. Sadly January 28, 1918 he died. His courage is what keeps us going.

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

John McCrae

Wednesday, November 2, 2011                                     Alexandra
John McCrae
       
"I regard myself as a soldier though a soldier of peace" Gandhi. I believe that Gandhi was trying to say that if he was a soldier he would want to be a soldier of peace not war. I think John McCrae is a soldier of peace because he wrote a poem called "In Flanders Fields" and it was about how war is not the right way to handle things, and if you went to Flanders you would either be angry or sad because you see all of these crosses as a mark of all of the people who died in the war and on top you would see blood- red poppies around them. John McCrae, born in Guelph, Ontario, went to war in Ypres April 1915. He had a lot of professions. For example: a doctor for medicine at the Alexandra Hospital, assistant doctor for medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital, the branch of an army that specializes in the use of weapons, a medical officer, an officer in charge of medicine, and a person who studied causes of diseases, the study of nature and the changes in the body caused by a disease. After John McCrae died on January 28, 1918 his popular poem "In Flanders Fields" was published in 1919. John McCrae felt very strong about war so he put what he saw, felt, and learned while being a soldier and put it in his poems.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011
 Stalaane.
     

John McCrae

     John McCrae was not new to war. June 1, 1915, McCrae was transferred to Boulogne. He served as artillery in the Canadian continent during the Boer War in South Africa. He was that position till his death. The Boers were fighting against British's attempt to integrate South Africa into the British Empire. December 8, 1915 John McCrae wrote a poem after World War I and it is called "In Flanders Fields." The poem "In Flanders Fields" was published in1919. John McCrae was born in Guelph, Ontario. He died in Boulogne on January 29, 1918. John McCrae's profession is a soldier and a Medical officer. The importance of John McCrae is that he wrote a famous poem called "In Flanders Field." John McCrae first started fighting at the Ypres to help the wounded who couldn't be brought to the station. He was educated at the University of Toronto. He became a physician at the Alexandra Hospital and assistant physician at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. John McCrae wrote the poem about the feeling around him.

John McCrae

 Once Abraham Lincoln exclaimed these amazing words, "I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong." This quote means that a solider that goes and has a job to fight for their country's right, and if some solider decides to betray or dies, the solider has to try and move on. John McCrae was a hero, some would say, or a brave man. John McCrae was born on November 30, 1872 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. John McCrae was born by parents, Lieutenant-Colonel David McCrae and Janet Simpson Eckford, therefore having a Scottish background. John McCrae had joined the Highland Cadet Corps at the age of 14, and then the military at the age of 17. He served in the South African War as an artillery subaltern from 1899-1900. After graduating from medical school at the University of Toronto, John McCrae set up his own practice as a pathologist in 1905. When John McCrae first went to war he was a medical officer, on June 1, 1915 in Boulogne No.3 General Hospital. Other occupations included poet, author, and Lieutenant Colonel of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. John McCrae had written the poem "In Flanders Fields" after he was inspired by his friend and his former student Lt. Alexis Helmer, both died in the battle. His poem "In Flanders Fields" was published in the magazine Punch on December 8, 1915. Shortly after, John McCrae got pneumonia and was sick for 5 days before he died. I think John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields" really gave a sense of what John McCrae was going through at that moment in war and the lose of his friends. Even through all the emotion John McCrae was what you could call brave.

 By: Anita

John McCrae

John McCrae.

"If ye break faith with us who die, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders Fields."- John McCrae.

John McCrae, a famous poet, was born in Guelph, Ontario at November 30, 1872. McCrae was a brave solider during World War 1. John McCrae was a Medical Officer and an Artillery subaltern in WW1 and went to the University of Toronto. McCrae is familiarly known for the author of Flanders Fields. He made this poem to represent the dead men in WW1 and the poppies in Flanders Fields. He wrote the poem in 1915 near the poppies in Flanders Fields. After three years, John McCrae died of Pneumonia in 1918.

I think that John McCrae wrote this poem to represent the dead men in Flanders Fields. Everyone wears poppies in remembering of the soldiers who fought in war. I think john McCrae is a great man because he made this amazing and truthful poem, and he also served our country. John McCrae served from 1899-1900, but the question is, what made him write this poem?  

            The Biography of John McCrae

        "In Flanders Fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row…"This line comes from the amazing poem 'In Flanders Fields' written by John McCrae, that describes his war experience during World War I. Poet John McCrae gave us so much to remember. John McCrae was born on November 30, 1872 in Guelph, Ontario. He was a physician at the Alexandra Hospital and assistant at the Royal Victoria Hospital, also being a soldier that joined World War I. John McCrae was stationed in different places to attend to the ones who needed care. I think that John McCrae is heroic because of all the wonderful help that he gave to people in need. McCrae was an artist, medical officer, poet, and a brave soldier. It takes a lot of courage to fight in war for the happiness of others. Sadly, John McCrae died from pneumonia on January 28, 1918 in Flanders. I know that we can continue to honour these great people, we were blessed to have brave people like them. Let's all remember John McCrae and the other hard-working soldiers by wearing a poppy on November 11, to remember their great help.                                                     By:Ranielle. 

Holley

The Biography of John McCrae

By Holley

       "We are the Dead. Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow." This was part of the second stanza that John McCrae wrote in his famous poem called "In Flanders Fields". This young surgeon John McCrae was born November 30^th 1872. He was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario. John used to live a fine life. He was educated in the University of Toronto and in the wonderful year of 1900 he was appointed in pathology (the study of disease) at the McGill University in Montreal. Later on after his studies, John became a physician at the Alexandra hospital and also became the assistant physician at The Royal Victoria hospital in Montreal. When World War l started in 1914, John was transferred to Boulogne No.3 General Hospital as officer in charge of medicine and during the war he would come and visit the scene to attend to the wounded comrades of his. John was very used to war when World War l came because he was in the Boer war in South Africa as the Artillery Subaltern. Sadly, John McCrae kept his position as the officer of medicine until his death. He died of Pneumonia at age 45, on January 28^th 1918 in Boulogne-Sur-Mer France. In my opinion, I think that John McCrae was a successful man in his life. It takes a lot of courage, commitment and love to accept war and die for the happiness of others. I know inside that I would be terrified to leave my family and watch my friends die on the battlefield. Hate is easy, but love takes courage.

 

John McCrae

John McCrae

      "Short days ago, we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow." John McCrae wrote these words during the 1^st World War. John McCrae had a pleasant life until war called for him, and that's when everything changed.

       John McCrae was born in November 30, 1872 in Guelph, Ontario. McCrae was a doctor, a poet, and a soldier. His importance was that he helped the injured soldiers in the war. After the beginning of the 1^st World War in 1914, John was posted as a medical officer. On December 8, 1915, Punch Magazine published a poem remembering John McCrae's death. "In Flanders Fields", written by John McCrae, is still known today. On June 1915, he was transferred to Boulogne No.3 General Hospital as an officer in charge or the medicine. He was educated at the University of Toronto and he later became a physician. McCrae published other poems before the World War. He was not new to war; he served as an artillery subaltern in Canadian Contingent during Boer War in South Africa. John died, just a few years after war, from pneumonia on January 28, 1918. In my opinion, John McCrae was a brilliant man. After I heard the poem, "In Flanders Fields", I almost cried because I can feel that John was expressing his feelings about war and how hard it was to see so many soldiers dying in front of his eyes. I cannot even imagine how horrifying it was to look at them and he knew it was all because of war. From the poem, I will always wear a poppy to represent John McCrae, the soldiers who have died and for the soldiers who still are alive today.                      

                                By: Helena

John McCrae

                             John McCrae

       "We are the dead", John McCrae wrote this when he knew that he would probably die, soon, as the other soldiers had. He was born on November 30, 1872 in Guelph, Ontario. John was educated at the University of Toronto, and later became a doctor at the Alexandra hospital. He joined the First World War in 1914, where he attended to the wounded as a medical officer. On June 1, 1915 he was transferred from his post in Ypres to Boulogne NO.3 General Hospital. During his time in the war he wrote the poem "In Flanders Field." Before the war John had published other poems in Mcgull University Magazine. He wrote "In Flanders Field", describing Flanders Fields where the soldiers died and the poppies grew. Punch magazine published the poem on December 8, 1915. John died, shortly after writing the poem, of pneumonia on January 28, 1918. Reading his poem, we remember John McCrae and all the soldiers who died at war.

                                                                           By: Kim

John McCrae

John McCrae   By: Josh

Ghandi once stated, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." These are words to live by especially if you fight in war. I believe that Ghandi meant that war is horrible and unjust. I also believe that John McCrae would agree with Ghandi. One day in Ypres-Belgium Major John McCrae and many other soldiers noticed that where ever their comrades were buried dead red poppies grew around them. This gave John the idea to write the world famous poem "In Flanders Fields". People read this magnificent poem to remember dead soldiers who fought for our freedom and safety. John was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario. He was educated at the University of Toronto but was then appointed fellow in Pathology at McGill's University in Montreal. While in McGill's John had published many poems before the war. McCrae moved on to become a physician at the Alexandra Hospital and an assistant physician at Victoria Hospital in Montreal. John McCrae wasn't new to war. He had served at an artillery subaltern (1899-1900) in the Canadian Contingent during the Boer war in South Africa. He was later posted as a medical officer to one of the artillery batteries fighting at Ypres in April 1915. That was where he made the poem "In Flanders Fields". Later on June I, 1915 McCrae was transferred to Boulogne No. 3 General Hospital in charge of medicine and he stayed there till his death on Jan 28, 1918. In my opinion John McCrae was a poetic genius and his poem will live on forever because his vision in his poem was that war must be stopped and I know it will.

 The biography of John McCrae

"We shall not sleep, though poppies blow, in Flanders Fields."

After years of the sound of guns firing and the horrible screams of the many fighting soldiers as the last breaths escaped their throats, John McCrae finally slept, a deep, permanent sleep,  leaving a life that put him into the history books.

 John McCrae, born in Guelph, Ontario on November 30, 1872, and soon proceeded to his first war, the Boer War, in South Africa. The Boer War was caused when the people of South Africa protested against their country becoming a British colony. John served for Canada and Britain from 1899 to 1900 in that dreadful war, then returned to Canada, studying at the University of Toronto for a Bachelor of Arts, and soon after receiving a degree in pathology from McGill. Then came World War 1. McCrae joined shortly after the war developed, and served as a doctor- healing the wounded soldiers, and even fighting. Time passed, and the trenches became bloodstained, the fields blooming with death-fed poppies, yet the soldiers still fought, and McCrae still healed his fellow soldiers. There, he wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields", inspired horribly by his surroundings- a poem soon to be possibly the greatest poem ever, and still remembered today.  He was soon sent to Boulogne No. 3 General Hospital, the last place he would ever see. John McCrae healer and fighter of 2 horrid wars, and writer of "In Flanders Fields", died a tragic death on January 28, 1918 from pneumonia, although his story still lives today.

By Duckboy

John McCrae

Wednesday November 2, 2011

John McCrae

On December 8, 1915 Punch magazine published a poem called "In Flanders Fields." John McCrae was born on November 30 in Guelph, Ontario. He went to the University of Toronto, and later was appointed to pathology at McGill University in Montreal. John McCrae was stationed as a medical officer at the Ypres to help wounded who couldn't be brought back to the station. Later on John McCrae was transferred to Boulogne in charge of the medicine at the No.3 General Hospital. He stayed in Boulogne until he died of pneumonia on January 28, 1918. John McCrea is a very important man because during the war he wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields" witch later on made him very famous. He was not new to war because he had an artillery soldier during the Boer War in South Africa. To me, John McCrae was a very brave man, he wrote his poems during the war, based on his feelings and what was going on around him. John McCrae said "We are the dead short days ago."  

By Katrina

Biography about John McCrae

Biography About John McCrae

          The writer of "In Flanders Fields'', John McCrae, was already familiar with war before he went to Europe. He had been an artillery soldier in South Africa from 1888-1900. During the 1st world war John was posted as a medical doctor to one artillery group fighting in Ypres in April 1915. John McCrae's job was to visit scenes to see the wounded soldiers and to give them treatments. During his time in Europe he wrote a poem called "In Flanders Fields'' which was later published in Punch Magazine on December 18 1915. Then on the 1^st of July in 1915 John McCrae was moved to Boulogne No.3 General Hospital as the medical doctor in charge of medicine. In the winter of January 28^th 1918 John McCrae had passed away due to pneumonia.