Samuel Herbert Maw (September 12, 1881 – August 19, 1952) was a British-Canadian architect, delineator and cartographer.

Born in the English county of Suffolk, he learned architecture in England and found success there as a delineator before emigrating to Canada in 1912.

Besides his architectural work, Maw found success as a cartographer, starting in 1929 when he published a pictorial map of the St. Lawrence Estuary.

Samuel Herbert Maw was born in Needham Market, Suffolk, England on September 12, 1881.

[1] He went on to informally study architecture under John S. Dorden in Ipswich, Suffolk, before moving to London to continue his training under Edward William Mountford, a prominent Edwardian architect.

[3] In 1926, he joined the firm Ross & Macdonald, where he likely served as a designer and delineator on the project of Toronto's Royal York Hotel.

[3] Following the popularity of The City of Quebec, Maw was commissioned to draw This Is Canada, a booklet of maps of each Canadian province to commemorate the 1939 royal tour of Canada by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the first visit of North America by the reigning British monarch.

[1] However, as World War II unfolded, he soon left Montreal for Ottawa, where he worked for the Department of National Defence, making use of his engineering background.