Original: Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander 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. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields".
Simplified: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 â "January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet and soldier in World War I who is best known for writing the poem" In Flanders Fields "after seeing the death of his friend the day before.