Zachary Macaulay

Zachary Macaulay

Zachary Macaulay (1768-1838) was a statistician, one of the founders of University College London and of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, an antislavery activist, and governor of Sierra Leone, the British colony for freed slaves. He is buried in the Gardens but the exact location is not known.

For a brief history of Zachary please read “Zachary Macaulay: The statistician who fought to end slavery in British colonies” written by our Co-Chair Diana Scarrott.