# Alexander Johan Berman

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| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1828|09|18}}
| birth_place      = [Zierikzee](/source/Zierikzee), Netherlands
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|1886|02|14|1828|09|18}}
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| years_active     = 1854–1882
| spouse           = Gerarda Blom (1835–1881)
| children         = Willemina, [Simon](/source/Simon_Berman), Joost, Johan Alexander
| parents          = [Joost Berman](/source/Joost_Berman) (1793–1855)<br />Neeltje Sevenhuysen (1797–1871)
| relatives        = [Bart Berman](/source/Bart_Berman), [Helen Berman](/source/Helen_Berman), [Thijs Berman](/source/Thijs_Berman)
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Ds. '''Alexander Johan Berman''' (17 September 1828 in [Zierikzee](/source/Zierikzee)–14 February 1886 in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam)) was a [Dutch Reformed](/source/Dutch_Reformed_Church) [minister](/source/Minister_(Christianity)) of [Watergang](/source/Watergang), an author and, in his early retirement, an archivist. As an author, he wrote mostly literary criticism, and, in his younger years, poetry.<ref name=berichten1893/> He published an anthology with works by authors of his era.

==Life==
A. J. Berman studied at [Leiden University](/source/Leiden_University), the alma mater of his father, judge and writer [Joost Berman](/source/Joost_Berman). Upon graduation Alexander Johan became an 1854 assistant minister in [Nijmegen](/source/Nijmegen).<ref name=berichten1893>{{cite book |title=Levensberichten van Zeeuwen |trans-title=Life stories of Zeelanders |volume=2 |first=Frederik |last=Nagtglas |publisher=J.C. & W. Altorffer |location=[Middelburg](/source/Middelburg%2C_Zeeland) |year=1893 |page=1041 |chapter=Berman (Joost) |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zb0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1041 |quote=Zijn oudste zoon ALEXANDER JOHAN BERMAN, geboren te Zierikzee den 17 September 1828, was als jongeling bekend door grooten aanleg en dichterlijk gemoed. Hij studeerde in de godgeleerdheid te [Leiden](/source/Leiden), werd in 1854 hulpprediker te [Nijmegen](/source/Nijmegen) en in November 1856 predikant te [Watergang](/source/Watergang) ([N.-H.](/source/North_Holland)). Wegens slechte gezondheid werd hij in 1883 emeritus en overleed te Amsterdam den 14 Februari 1886. In de ''Brieven van'' C. Busken Huet, een zijner academievrienden wordt meermalen melding gemaakt van dominee BERMAN en zijn ongelukkig hulpbehoevend gezin.}}</ref>

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](/source/Alkmaar) with Gerarda Blom.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xpESAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA33|title=De Nederlandsche Leeuw: Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde|date=1 January 1883|publisher=Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde|access-date=22 April 2017|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref> 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.<ref name=berichten1893/><ref name=brieven>{{cite book|author=[Conrad Busken Huet](/source/Conrad_Busken_Huet)|title=Brieven, uitgegeven door zijne vrouw en zijn zoon|volume=2|year=1890}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|first=T.C.|last=Van der Kulk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGtfAAAAcAAJ|journal=De Tijdspiegel|title=Cd. Busken Huet en zijn brieven|trans-title=Conrad Busken Huet and his letters|date=1 January 1891|publisher=G.C. Visser|location=[The Hague](/source/The_Hague)|access-date=22 April 2017|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref> A friend from university, the author and literary critic [Conrad Busken Huet](/source/Conrad_Busken_Huet), initiated an [anthology](/source/anthology) through which money was collected for the family.<ref name=berichten1893/><ref name=brieven/> The anthology ''Landjuweel'', set up a series of which only one volume was published, was edited by Berman. The minister's wife died in 1881, aged 45.

Due to his health condition, Berman retired in 1883,<ref name=berichten1893/> just 2 years after his silver jubilee in Watergang. Next, he worked at the city archives of [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) and died in that city in 1886. Two of his children, [Simon](/source/Simon_Berman) and Johan Alexander, enjoyed successful careers as a mayor and notary respectively, after training on the job.

==Bibliography==
===Books===
* 1854: ''[Asters](/source/Aster_(genus)). Dichtbundeltje, bijeenverzameld door eenige HH. Studenten te Leyden, Utrecht en Deventer'', with J.E. Banck Jr., Didymus, J.P.N. Land, and A.J.C. Kremer. [Leiden](/source/Leiden): Jacobus Hazenberg Corns Zoon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TAwVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA87|title=De rederijker: Tijdschrift voor leden van rederijkers-kamers, verenigingen en genootschappen ter bevordering van uiterlijke welsprekendheid, enz|year=1855}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eO8aAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR7|title = De gids: Nieuwe vaderlandsche letteroefeningen|year = 1855}}</ref> (coauthor)
* 1878: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=FTxnAAAAcAAJ Landjuweel: proza en poëzie"]'', Volume 1. Amsterdam: [G.L. Funke](/source/G.L._Funke).<!--Contains:
** Alexander Johan Berman: Introduction
** [Constantijn](/source/Anna_Storm): De vloek der halfheid
** [Johannes Kneppelhout](/source/Johannes_Kneppelhout): Droeve Laura!
** [M. Coens](/source/Willem_Penning): Op de hoogte
** [Aart Admiraal](/source/Aart_Admiraal): Miskenning
** [Conrad Busken Huet](/source/Conrad_Busken_Huet): De romans van jufvrouw Hasebroek
**[Jacob Jan Cremer](/source/Jacob_Jan_Cremer): Een mooie aprilmorgen in 't Haagsche bosch
** [Johan Gram](/source/Johan_Gram): Op reis
** [François Haverschmidt](/source/Piet_Paaltjens): Uit den studententijd<ref name=studententijd>{{cite book|url=http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bie_005biog03_01/bie_005biog03_01_0440.php|title=François Haverschmidt|work=Biographisch woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland. Deel 3 (1919-1931)|first1=Jan de|last1=Bie|first2=Jakob|last2=Loosjes
|access-date=22 April 2017|quote=Uit den Studententijd. In: Landjuweel. Proza en Poëzie. Bijeengebr. d.A.J. Berman. Eerste bundel. Amst. 1878. post 8<sup>0</sup>.|pages=587–591}}</ref>
** [Gerard Keller](/source/Gerard_Keller): Eene nabetrachting
** [Johanna Knappert](/source/Johanna_Knappert): Emancipatie
** [Anthony Winkler Prins](/source/Anthony_Winkler_Prins): Tea en Gelia's hedendaagsche beproevingen
** [Arnoldus Stellwagen](/source/Arnoldus_Stellwagen): Een leekepraatjen over humor--> (editor)
* 1879: Isabella von Drücker: ''Een verwaarloosd kleinood''. From German. [Utrecht](/source/Utrecht): Gebroeders van der Post.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Een verwaarloosd kleinood. Naar het Hoogduitsch door A. J. Berman|first=W.|last=L.|pages=49–51|magazine=Het Leeskabinet|year=1988|location=[Leiden](/source/Leiden)|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9C8WAAAAYAAJ|quote=De heer Berman heeft eer van zijn werk en het beschaafde Nederlandsche publiek heeft reden hem dankbaar te zijn, dat hij het een boek heeft aangeboden, dat in vele opzichten een meesterstukje mag heeten.}}</ref> (translator)

===Articles===
* 1870 – "Eene onderwijzing van den Zoon des menschen aangaande den Rustdag" in De Christelijke Huisvriend 11.<ref name=tolk>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k6FOAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA37|magazine=Onze Tolk|volume=2|number=4|year=1870|title=Bijblad van Onze Tolk}}</ref>
* 1870 – "Weemoed", ''ibid''.<ref name=tolk/>
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====Book reviews====
* 1871 – "Een beslissend ogenblik" in ''Nieuw Leeskabinet'' 3.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k6FOAAAAcAAJ&q=berman&pg=PA93|journal=Onze Tolk. Centraalblad voor Kunst- en Letternieuws|volume=2|date=7 March 1871|page=93|title=Inhoud Tijdschriften|number=11|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref>
* 1875 – "M. van Walcheren: Penserosa" in: (David François van Heyst) ''Het Leeskabinet; Mengelwerk tot gezellig onderhoud voor beschaafde kringen'', Leiden: D. Noothoven van Goor, p.&nbsp;7–9<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-i4WAAAAYAAJ | volume=26|title=Het Leeskabinet: Mengelwerk tot gezellig onderhoud voor beschaafde kringen|location=Leiden|publisher=[D. Noothoven van Goor](/source/Het_Spectrum)|access-date=22 April 2017|year=1875|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref>
* 1875 – Christine Muller: Lief en leed uit eene kleine wereld / [Edward Bulwer-Lytton](/source/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton): De familie Beaufort, ''ibid'', p.&nbsp;9–10
* 1875 – "Goed en dankbaar werk", ''ibid'', p.&nbsp;29-33
* 1875 – "[Rhoda Broughton](/source/Rhoda_Broughton): Met vuur gespeeld", ''ibid'', p.&nbsp;56–57
* 1875 – "O. Kresz: De Arts", ''ibid'', p.&nbsp;57
* 1875 – "[Charlotte Mary Yonge](/source/Charlotte_Mary_Yonge): De weezen van den predikant" (The Pillars of the House) ''ibid'', p.&nbsp;58-59
* 1875 – "W.J. van Bommel van Vloten: [https://books.google.com/books?id=w-79GgAACAAJ Peer Miegmals]", ''ibid'', p.&nbsp;59-60
* 1875 – "T. Kuyper: De goede keuze", ''ibid'', p.&nbsp;69-70 
* 1875 – "Goed en dankbaar werk", ''ibid'', p.&nbsp;93-95
* 1875 – "L. van Kleeff: Schetsen en portretten naar het leven geteekend", ''ibid'', p.&nbsp;98
* 1975 – "Abraham Faure Beeckman: De weerheidsliefde", ''ibid'', p.&nbsp;194–196
* 1875 – "Goed en dankbaar werk", ''ibid'', p.&nbsp;248–250
* 1876 – "[https://books.google.com/books?id=mS0VAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA209 Veel bloesem weinig vrucht]", discussion of "[Gerard Bilders](/source/Gerard_Bilders): Brieven en dagboek (Letters and Diairy)" in: (David François van Heyst) ''Het Leeskabinet; Mengelwerk tot gezellig onderhoud voor beschaafde kringen'', Leiden: [D. Noothoven van Goor](/source/D._Noothoven_van_Goor), p.&nbsp;209–220
* 1877 – "[Eliza Lynn Linton](/source/Eliza_Lynn_Linton): Leam Dundas" (The Atonement of Leam Dundas) in: (David François van Heyst) ''Het Leeskabinet; Mengelwerk tot gezellig onderhoud voor beschaafde kringen'', Leiden: D. Noothoven van Goor, p.&nbsp;29–32<ref>{{cite journal|year=1877|url=https://archive.org/details/hetleeskabinetv00gramgoog|title=Het Leeskabinet: Mengelwerk tot gezellig onderhoud voor beschaafde kringen|volume=28|via=[Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)|access-date=15 November 2017|location=Leiden|publisher=D. Noothoven van Goor}}</ref>
* 1877 – "[Karl Friedrich Becker](/source/Karl_Friedrich_Becker): Wereldgeschiedenis" (Weltgeschichte für Kinder und Kinderlehrer), ''ibid'', Leiden: D. Noothoven van Goor, p.&nbsp;160–161
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=-i4WAAAAYAAJ Het Leeskabinet 1875], contains many book reviews by Berman
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=zX9WAAAAcAAJ Asters], the poetry book that Berman coauthored
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=FTxnAAAAcAAJ Landjueweel], the book that Berman edited

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