Education
McGill University.
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Lloyd Pidgeon
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He is considered the "father" of academic metallurgical research in Canada. He was awarded a Sir William Ramsay Memorial Fellowship from Oxford University and worked under Sir Alfred Egerton from 1929 to 1931. In 1931, he joined the National Research Council.
In 1943, he was appointed chairman of the department of metallurgy at the University of Toronto.
He retired in 1969. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1943. He was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.
They had two children.
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Canadian
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Member of the Order of the British Empire; Officer of the Order of Canada Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.