Lidgett, Albert (1876–1936) is an English-language author about whom little biographical information survives. His name and dates appear in bibliographic records, but details such as nationality, education and professional career cannot be confirmed from publicly available sources, and the limited public record makes it impossible to sketch a full life. Only one work can be traced, Petroleum, which suggests that his writing concerned this industrial resource, possibly covering its extraction, properties, uses or related industry knowledge. Judging by the plain, direct title, the book was probably aimed at general readers or beginners and emphasized informative exposition rather than advanced theoretical argument. Given the scarcity of his output and the lack of documentation, Lidgett's influence on scholarship and readers is very limited; his name survives mainly in bibliographic records as the author of an early English work on petroleum, of use to those studying the history of petroleum literature and popular scientific writing.
