Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay (November 14, 1864—May 7, 1946) was a Nigerian
nationalist, politician, engineer, journalist, and musician and
considered by many Nigerians as the founder of Nigerian nationalism.Macaulay was born in Lagos on November 14, 1864 to Sierra Leone Creole parents. He was the grandson of bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther and the son of the founder of the first secondary school in Nigeria.
After going to a Christian missionary school, he took a job as a clerk
at the Lagos Department of Public Works. From 1891 to 1894 he studied civil engineering in Plymouth, England.
On his return, he worked for the Crown as a land inspector. He left his
position in 1898 due to growing distaste for Nigeria's position as a
British colony.
