Alexander Johan Berman

Ds. Alexander Johan Berman (17 September 1828 in Zierikzee–14 February 1886 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch Reformed minister of Watergang, an author and, in his early retirement, an archivist. As an author, he wrote mostly literary criticism, and, in his younger years, poetry.

In 1856 Berman was appointed minister at the Dutch Reformed Church of Watergang. Sunday, 16 November was the official start of his work. On 26 November 1857 Berman married in Alkmaar with Gerarda Blom. They had 4 children. Since Watergang was a small community and Berman, who suffered from a lung condition, did not progress to a larger community, the family struggled financially. A friend from university, the author and literary critic Conrad Busken Huet, initiated an anthology through which money was collected for the family. (coauthor) 1878: Landjuweel: proza en poëzie", Volume 1. Amsterdam: G.L. Funke. (editor) 1879: Isabella von Drücker: Een verwaarloosd kleinood. From German. Utrecht: Gebroeders van der Post. (translator)

Articles 1870 – "Eene onderwijzing van den Zoon des menschen aangaande den Rustdag" in De Christelijke Huisvriend 11. 1870 – "Weemoed", ibid.