# Andrew Picken

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For his son, the lithographer, see [Andrew Picken (lithographer)](/source/Andrew_Picken_(lithographer)).

**Andrew Picken** (1788 – 23 November 1833) was a Scottish [novelist](/source/Novelist), who also wrote under the pseudonym **Christopher Keelivine**.[1]

## Life

Andrew Picken was born in [Paisley](/source/Paisley,_Renfrewshire), Scotland, the son of a rich clothing manufacturer.[1] He was in business in the [West Indies](/source/West_Indies) and in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow) and [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool), but not being successful, he went to [London](/source/London) to try his fortunes in literature.

Picken married Janet Coxon, daughter of an Edinburgh bookseller. They had four sons, including the lithographers [Andrew Picken](/source/Andrew_Picken_(lithographer)) and [Thomas Ashburton Picken](/source/Thomas_Ashburton_Picken).[2]

## Works

*Tales and Sketches of the West of Scotland* (1824), written as Christopher Keelevine, was a series of satirical social sketches. Though popular, this and *The Sectarian* (1829), gave offence in dissenting circles. *The Dominie's Legacy* (1830), an autobiographical novel set in [Paris](/source/Paris), had considerable success, and a book on *Travels and Researches of Eminent Missionaries* (1830) did something to rehabilitate him with those whom he had offended. Other books included *The Club-Book* (1831), *The Canadas* (1832), *Traditional Stories of Old Families* (1833) and *Waltham* (1833). His last work, *The Black Watch* (1833), a novel about the [Battle of Fontenoy](/source/Battle_of_Fontenoy), had just appeared when he died of a [stroke](/source/Stroke). His work has been compared to that of [John Galt](/source/John_Galt_(novelist)), combining social observation and realism.[1]

## Notes

1. Trevor Royle (1984). ["Picken, Andrew"](https://books.google.com/books?id=SDJdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA236). *Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature*. Macmillan International Higher Education. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-349-07587-4.

1. Vol. 45.

## External links

- ["Significant Scots: Andrew Picken"](http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/picken_andrew.htm). electricscotland.com. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
- Brown, Robert (1880). *Memoirs of Ebenezer Picken poet; and of Andrew Picken novelist; natives of Paisley*. Paisley, Scotland: Paisley Burns Club. There is an article about this book in ["Paisley Burns Club publications"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001738/18800124/056/0004). *Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette*. British Newspaper Archive. 24 January 1880. p. 4 col.5. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ["Andrew Picken, Scottish author"](https://www.paisley.org.uk/paisley-history/andrew-picken-1788-1833/). *paisley.org.uk*. Paisley on the Web. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

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