Surname: Park Forename(s): Andrew b. 7 March 1807. d. 27 December 1863. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Working-class poet and salesman. Pseudonym: “James Wilson, druggist, Paisley.” Born
in Renfrew and orphaned at an early age. Attended parish school and then the University
of Glasgow. Worked in a Paisley commission warehouse at age fifteen, at age twenty
became a hat salesman for a Glasgow firm, at then started a business for himself that
ultimately failed. Lived in London and attempted to earn a living by writing. He was
back in Glasgow by 1841, where he continued to try to become a professional writer
but suffered worsening financial distress. Author of The Bridegroom and the Bride, and other Poems (1834), Silent Love (1845), Veritas (1849), and Egypt and the East (1856). Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)