Editing Lloyd Hall (section)

{{Short description|American chemist (1894–1971)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Lloyd Hall
| birth_name        = Lloyd Augustus Hall
| birth_date        = June 20, 1894
| death_date        = {{death date and age |1971|01|02|1894|06|20|df=yes}}
| death_place       = Pasadena, California
| nationality       = American
| fields            = [[Food preservation]]
| birth_place       = [[Elgin, Illinois]]
| alma_mater        = [[Northwestern University]], [[University of Chicago]]
| spouse            = Myrrhene Newsome
}}

'''Lloyd Augustus Hall''' (June 20, 1894 – January 2, 1971<ref name="acs">[https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/african-americans-in-sciences/lloyd-augustus-hall.html Lloyd Augustus Hall]</ref>) was an American chemist, who contributed to the science of [[food preservation]]. By the end of his career, Hall had amassed 59 [[United States]] [[patent]]s, and a number of his inventions were also patented in other countries.