Charles McKean FRSE FRSA FRHistS FRIBA (16 July 1946 – 29 September 2013) was a Scottish historian, author and scholar.
McKean published a number of articles reconstructing the career of the 16th-century courtier and master of work James Hamilton of Finnart.
His publications questioned the defensive nature of the Scottish tower house, positing these buildings as expressions of family lineage, antiquity, and traditional forms of hospitality.
[4] McKean's posthumous work, 'Gender Differentiation in Scottish Royal Palaces', was edited by Monique Chatenet and Krista De Jonge, and published in Le prince, la princesse et leurs logis (Paris, 2014).
[5] Following a conference held at Perth in October 2013, called "A New Platform for Scottish Renaissance Studies", an edition of the journal Architectural Heritage, no.