Mccrae
JOHN, Canadian physician and poet; born in Guelph, Ontario, in 1872, killed in the World War in 1918. Became fellow in pathology at McGill University and collaborated with Prof. Adami on a text book on that subject. He was physician at the Alexandra Hospital when the war broke out, and was among the first to offer his services, going abroad with the Canadian Field Artillery. During his MCCULLOCH MACDONALD active life as a physician he published (1903); "Brewster's Millions" (1903); poetical compositions, some of which gained considerable popularity. His touching poem "In Flanders Fields " was the most famous piece of verse written during the war.