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Josiah
Quincy III
Josiah Quincy was born on February 4, 1772 in
Braintree
, which is now called
Quincy
. In 1797, he married Eliza Susan Morton and had 7 children. He was a
congressman (1805-1813), judge of the Massachusetts Municipal court, mayor of
Boston
(1823-1828), state representative (1821-1822), and also the president of
Harvard
College
(1829-1846).
When
Quincy
was 41, he left
Washington
and returned to
Braintree
. He also served in the White House for a year, and most importantly he served
as a mayor of
Boston
for 5 years. As the mayor of
Boston
,
Quincy
professionalized employment in the city. He also made
Boston
into a very modern city. With all the things that he had done,
Quincy
became known as the “Great Mayor.” So thanks to
Quincy
,
Boston
was known as one of the healthiest city in
America
.
In 1828,
Quincy
was elected to be the president of
Harvard
College
. He modernized Harvard’s curriculum and did everything he needed to do as the
president of
Harvard
College
.
Quincy
had played great
roles in the
American
Academy
of Arts, the Boston Athenaeum, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the
Massachusetts
society for Prompting Agriculture.
Quincy
wrote a number of
books including A Municipal History of
Boston
, A History of Boston Athenaeum and
others on scientific agriculture.
Quincy
died in
Braintree
on July 1, 1864.
Quincy
’s body was buried in
Boston
’s
Mount
Auburn
Cemetery
. Braintree
was renamed
Quincy
to honor his family.
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