Lloyd Montgomery Pidgeon, OC MBE (December 3, 1903 – December 9, 1999) was a Canadian chemist who developed the Pidgeon process, one of the methods of magnesium metal production, via a silicothermic reduction.
[3] Pidgeon died in Kingston, Ontario at the age of 96, the author of over 50 original scientific papers as well as the holder of a number of patents in the field of chemical metallurgy.
[5] He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1943,[3] at the same time as he was awarded the Inco Medal for contributions to Extractive Metallurgy.
The next year, he was given the Civil Service Professional Association Medal and the McCharles Prize, from the University of Toronto for outstanding work in Canadian Metallurgy.
He also received the Monel Medal from Columbia University for distinguished achievements in Mineral Technology.