LIVINGSTON, ALEXANDER (1806-79) was one of five teachers brought to Otago from Scotland under the education ordinance of 1856. He enjoyed the title of rector of the High School and a salary of £250 a year, but there was no accommodation for the higher classes, and though he was a competent classics and mathematics master he was restricted to teaching the elementary subjects. The diggings drew away many of the older pupils (in 1861) and in 1862 Livingston resigned to accept the post of provincial auditor. He died on 21 Dec 1879.

Otago H.S. Reg.; Otago Daily Times, 23 Dec 1879, 8 Aug 1893.

Reference: Volume 1, page 267

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