John McCrae

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields". McCrae died of pneumonia near the end of the war.

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Who was born first?

• John McCrae and Piet Mondrian were born the same year
• John McCrae and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) were born the same year
• John McCrae and Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark were born the same year
• John McCrae and William Nicholson were born the same year
• John McCrae and Vilhelms Purvītis were born the same year

Timeline

1. Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)June 6, 1872 – July 17, 1918
2. John McCrae (this page)November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918
3. Piet MondrianMarch 7, 1872 – February 1, 1944
4. Prince Nicholas of Greece and DenmarkJanuary 22, 1872 – February 8, 1938
5. Vilhelms PurvītisFebruary 20, 1872 – January 14, 1945
6. William NicholsonFebruary 5, 1872 – March 2, 1949

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