Education
University of Otago.
University of Otago.
He received the first and only degree issued by the University of Otago before it merged into the University of New Zealand (which in 1961 was dissolved into four independent universities and two associated agricultural colleges). Later in 1876 Alexander was reissued a Bachelor of Arts degree certificate from the University of New Zealand. In 1948 his certificate was returned to the University of Otago where it was hung in the Board Room of the University in Dunedin.