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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John McCrae has received more than 1,067,746 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John McCrae is the 1,682nd most popular painter (down from 1,499th in 2019), the 319th most popular biography from Canada (up from 322nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Painter.

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  • 25

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  • 3.98

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, John McCrae ranks 1,682 out of 2,023. Before him are Julius Hübner, Harald Sohlberg, Leonardus Nardus, Fanny Churberg, Julian Fałat, and Else Alfelt. After him are Hendrik Voogd, Victor Meirelles, Rik Wouters, Alexander Brullov, Augustin Hirschvogel, and Sofia Adlersparre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, John McCrae ranks 143. Before him are Kote Marjanishvili, Mehdi Frashëri, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, Charles Gmelin, Jan Szczepanik, and Oswaldo Cruz. After him are Zane Grey, Henri Masson, Wilfred Baddeley, Richard Röstel, Henri Hubert, and Carl Bonde. Among people deceased in 1918, John McCrae ranks 142. Before him are Victor Willems, Milan Neralić, Toivo Kuula, Lucretia Garfield, Bohumil Kubišta, and Rudolf Tobias. After him are Marcel Deprez, Ali Aaltonen, Henry Macintosh, Thérèse Schwartze, Nigâr Hanım, and Orville Gibson.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John McCrae ranks 319 out of 1,622. Before him are Kate Nelligan (1950), Lance Kinsey (1954), The Weeknd (1990), John Vernon (1932), Teresa Stratas (1938), and Edge (1973). After him are John Abbott (1821), Yassine Bounou (1991), Pom Klementieff (1986), Seth Rogen (1982), Nancy Huston (1953), and Percy Williams (1908).

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Among PAINTERS In Canada

Among painters born in Canada, John McCrae ranks 7. Before him are Maud Lewis (1903), Jeff Wall (1946), Emily Carr (1871), Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923), Philip Guston (1913), and Agnes Martin (1912). After him are Maurice Prendergast (1858), Tom Thomson (1877), and Rob Gonsalves (1959).

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