Angus Morrison Gidney (May 4, 1803 – January 20, 1882) was a Canadian educator, poet and journalist.
He was born in Jemseg, New Brunswick, the son of Joshua Gidney and Phoebe Morrison.
The family settled on a farm near Bridgetown, Nova Scotia while he was still young.
In 1851 Gidney abandoned journalism moving to Sandy Cove, Digby County, where he resumed teaching.
In 1862, he joined his son Ingraham at the Bridgetown Register, later renamed the Free Press.