Alexander Gosman

Alexander Gosman (21 February 1829[1] – 15 January 1913) was a Congregational minister in Victoria, Australia.

He attended local schools and after three years in business started teaching in Dundee and Greenock, followed by Glasgow High School and the Glasgow Asylum for the Blind, where he also served as pastor.

In 1850 he entered the University of Glasgow and studied for the ministry at the Congregational Theological Hall.

[2] In 1860 he was sent to Australia by the Colonial Missionary Society, arrived at Melbourne on 21 September 1860, and began preaching at the Ballarat Congregational Church a month later.

[1] In 1864 he was appointed lecturer at the Congregational College of Victoria and later served as professor of English and metaphysics.