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Clark Reid Hopper
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Educator.
Born at Strathclair on 13 October 1889, son of farmers John A. Hopper and Margaret Reid, he attended Rapid City School and Newdale School then completed high school in Winnipeg. In 1912, he enrolled in a BA degree at Manitoba College and later completed an MA degree.
He was a member of the teaching staff of the Manitoba Agricultural College (later the University of Manitoba), serving over a 43-year period as Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor in the English Department until retirement in 1955. He then worked about ten years as a part-time public relations officer for the sugar beet industry in Manitoba.
In 1916, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and served in France as an machine gun officer for the 196th Western Universities Battalion. He received the Military Cross in 1917 and was discharged in 1919 with the rank of Captain. During the Second World War, he was the Commanding Officer of the University of Manitoba Canadian Officers in Training Corps, and served in London for about a year.
On 19 May 1916, he married Eunice Cuthbert (1889-1989) at Pilot Mound. They had three children: Cuthbert Clark “Joe” Hopper (1917-1976), Gordon William Hopper (1920-1921), and Mary Elinor Hopper (1921-2011, wife of Hume Blake Young). He was a member of the Masons (Past Master, Prince Rupert Lodge No. 1), Granite Curling Club, Southwood Golf Club, River Heights Lawn Bowling Club, and Westminster United Church.
He died at Winnipeg on 2 July 1972 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Avenue of Elms Memorial (Chancellor Matheson Road, Winnipeg)
My Pioneer Canadian Family by Donald Walter Young, 2023.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Attestation papers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Library and Archives Canada.
Marriage registration [Clark Reid Hopper, Eunice Cuthbert], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations [Cuthbert Clark Hopper, Gordon William Hopper, Mary Elinor Hopper], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registration [Gordon William Hopper], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [Mary Elinor Hopper, Hume Blake Young], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 3 July 1972, page 14.
Obituary [Cuthbert Clark Hopper], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 July 1976, page 20.
Obituary [Mary Elinor Young], Winnipeg Free Press, 3 January 2011.
This page was prepared by Donald Young and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 December 2025
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