Edward Kidson (12 March 1882–12 June 1939) was a New Zealand meteorologist and scientific administrator. He was born in Bilston, Staffordshire, England on 12 March 1882.Kidson was educated at Nelson College from 1896 to 1900, and at Canterbury College, from where he graduated MSc with first-class honours in electricity and magnetism in 1905, and MA in 1906.