Died 25 March 1859
Montreal Nationality British | Other names poems Name Joanna Picken | |
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Born 8 May 1798 Edinburgh | ||
Joanna Belfrage Picken (8 May 1798 – 1859) the "Poet of Paisley".
Life
Picken was born in Edinburgh in 1798. Her father was Ebenezer Picken who was a minor poet. She and her sister failed to establish a boarding school in Musselburgh. The failure may have been due to uncomplimentary poems that Picken published about local figures. Picken wrote verses for the Glasgow Courier and other newspapers.
She left for Canada in 1842 with other family members where she became a music teacher writing under the name "Alpha". She died in Montreal on 25 March 1859.
References
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