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John McCrae

1872 - 1918

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Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) 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. His famous poem is a threnody, a genre of lament. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John McCrae is the 1,655th most popular painter (up from 1,682nd in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from Canada (down from 320th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Painter.

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Among painters, John McCrae ranks 1,655 out of 2,023. Before him are Artur Grottger, Julian Fałat, William Orpen, Paul Kane, Illarion Pryanishnikov, and Hashimoto Gahō. After him are Luis Royo, Antonio Berni, Eduard Wiiralt, Jesús Rafael Soto, Halil Pasha, and Harald Sohlberg.

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Among people born in 1872, John McCrae ranks 140. Before him are Paul-Émile Janson, Lorenzo Perosi, Augusts Kirhenšteins, Herbert Baddeley, Carl Bonde, and Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano. After him are Kote Marjanishvili, Georg Schnéevoigt, Siegmund von Hausegger, Walther Reinhardt, Wilfred Baddeley, and Teffi. Among people deceased in 1918, John McCrae ranks 146. Before him are Robbie Ross, Marcel Deprez, Helene von Druskowitz, Eduard von Keyserling, Toivo Kuula, and Margit Kaffka. After him are Virgilio Fossati, Marianne Cope, Martin Sheridan, Henri Tauzin, Émile Étienne Guimet, and Henry Gunther.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John McCrae ranks 349 out of 1,622. Before him are Pom Klementieff (1986), Julie Payette (1963), Georges St-Pierre (1981), James LaBrie (1963), Michael Ignatieff (1947), and Arthur Meighen (1874). After him are Kevin Owens (1984), Dan Levy (1983), Harriet Brooks (1876), August Schellenberg (1936), Naomi Klein (1970), and Linda Thorson (1947).

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Among PAINTERS In Canada

Among painters born in Canada, John McCrae ranks 5. Before him are Maud Lewis (1903), Jeff Wall (1946), Agnes Martin (1912), and Emily Carr (1871). After him are Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923), Philip Guston (1913), Maurice Prendergast (1858), Tom Thomson (1877), and Rob Gonsalves (1959).

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