Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. John. Brown Hopkirk, Headmaster of the Hamua Public School, is a son of Mr. Alexander Hopkirk, of Gleuburn, Ashurst, and was born at Markinch, Fife, Scotland, in 1867. He was educated in Wellington at the Mount Cook School under Mr. Hardy, and holds the certificate D2. After a term as pupil teacher at Mount Cook Boys' School, Mr. Hopkirk was appointed first assistant at Featherston. His next move was to Pirinoa, where he had charge from 1891 till the opening of the Hamua School some two years later. Mr. Hopkirk's hobby is photography, and he has produced some very excellent pictures, several of them being reproduced in this volume. In December, 1893, Mr. Hopkirk was married to Miss Pilcher, daughter of Mr. H. J. Pilcher, of Wellington, and their family consists of two sons.