Pierre Kersten (1789–1865) was a Belgian journalist and publisher, active in Liège from 1821 until his death.
Kersten was born in Maastricht on 19 January 1789. For some years he worked as a teacher of Greek at a secondary school in the city. In 1821 he became the editor of the daily newspaper Courrier de la Meuse, owned by Dieudonné Stas.[1] A Catholic by conviction, in the Belgian Revolution Kersten was a member of a Constitutional Association in Liège that brought together Catholic and Liberal opposition to the government of William I of the Netherlands. In 1834 he left the Courrier de la Meuse to launch his own monthly review, the Journal historique et littéraire. He also worked as a publisher and printer, particularly of liturgical books. He died in Liège on 5 January 1865.[1]