John McCrae — Canadian Poet born on November 30, 1872, died on January 28, 1918

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD 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... (wikipedia)

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard among the guns below.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from falling hands we throw.
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow: In Flanders fields.