The Life of John McCrae
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The Author of In Flanders Fields
Lt. Col John McCrae was a Canadian poet, surgeon and author during World War I. He is best remembered for writing In Flanders Fields.
The grandson of Scottish immigrants, John McCrae was born in Guelph, Ontario on November 30, 1872.
John McCrae’s Early Life
In 1892, McCrae went to the University of [...]
The Life of Ethelred the Unready
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The Son of Edgar the Peaceable
Ethelred the Unready was King of England from 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016.
The son of Edgar the Peaceable, Ethelred’s reign was continuously troubled by Viking raids along the English coast. To make matters worse, Elthelred experienced difficulty rallying the kingdom to repel the invaders because of his [...]
