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Josiah Quincy III (/ ˈ k w ɪ n z i /; February 4, 1772 – July 1, 1864) was an American educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813), mayor of Boston (1823–1828), and President of Harvard University (1829–1845).
Josiah Quincy (1772-1864) was President of Harvard University from January 29, 1829 to August 27, 1845. He was also a politician, serving as a Federalist congressman, Boston mayor, Massachusetts municipal court judge, and Massachusetts state representative and state senator.
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Summarize this article for a 10 year old. Josiah Quincy III ( / ˈkwɪnzi /; February 4, 1772 – July 1, 1864) was an American educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813), mayor of Boston (1823–1828), and President of Harvard University (1829–1845).
He wrote extensively on behalf of the patriot cause and sailed to England in 1774 to build support for the colonies. He was lost at sea on the return voyage in 1775. The third Josiah Quincy was born in Boston on February 4, 1772, and was less than three years old when his father died.
Quincy House at Harvard College. Named for Josiah Quincy III (1772-1864), President of Harvard from 1829 to 1845, and also a mayor of Boston, congressman, judge, businessman, and author, Quincy House officially opened in September 1959.
Josiah Quincy II ( / ˈkwɪnzi /; February 23, 1744 – April 26, 1775) was an American lawyer and patriot. He was a principal spokesman for the Sons of Liberty in Boston prior to the Revolution and was John Adams ' co-counsel during the trials of Captain Thomas Preston and the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre .
18 nov 2011 · In his history of Harvard, Josiah Quincy III, who was president of Harvard from 1829 to 1845, wrote that Perkins “was formed on the noblest and purest model of professional uprightness; without guile and without reproach.” Said Mann in an email, “Standards change, and the slave trade was once considered a legitimate form of commerce.”
