Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, MD (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, and artist who served as a medic during the Second Battle of Ypres in Belgium during World War I. He is well known for his war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields." He wrote two books of poetry, published in 1915: A Cup of Harmony and 1920's Dream. McCrae's work focuses on the impact of the First World War on him as a person and on Canada's army. His poems describe in detail the horrors he witnessed as a doctor in an aid station near Ypres while trying to comfort other patients who were suffering from shellshock. He also reveals doubts about war and humanity that many people at the time did not feel but many others did. After the war, he returned to Canada where he lived with his wife and son in London, Ontario. He died at age 45 after falling off a cliff while hiking with friends near Lake Huron in northern Ontario. His body was brought back to Toronto for burial in Beechwood Cemetery. In 1990, his remains were moved to a permanent tomb at Victoria Memorial Park in London. McCrae has been called the "Canadian Robert Frost." Besides writing poems, McCrae painted pictures of soldiers' graves in Flanders.