Herbert macaulay of nigeria
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Herbert Macaulay
Nigerian politician
Olayinka Herbert Samuel Heelas Badmus Macaulay (14 November 1864 – 7 May 1946) was a Nigeriannationalist, politician, surveyor, engineer, architect, journalist, and musician.
Macaulay is considered by many as founder of Nigerian nationalism.[1][2][3]
Early years
Herbert Macaulay was born on 14 November 1864 on Broad Street, Lagos,[5] to the family of Thomas Babington Macaulay and Abigail Crowther.
His parents were children of people captured from what is now Nigeria, resettled in Sierra Leone by the British West Africa Squadron, and eventual returnees to present day Nigeria.[6] Thomas Babington Macaulay was one of the sons of Ojo Oriare while Abigail Crowther was the daughter of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, a descendant of King Abiodun.[6] Thomas Babington Macaulay was the founder of the first secondary school in Nigeria, the CMS Grammar School, Lagos.[7]