John McCrae

Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during world war i (1872-1918).

Born November 30th, 1872 in Guelph.

Died January 28th, 1918 at 45 years old in Boulogne-sur-Mer (pneumonia).

Occupations
military personnel, painter, pathologist, physician, physician writer, poet, university teacher
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel