Quincy (JOSIAH an American author)
JOSIAH, an American author and orator; born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 4, 1772, son of Josiah Quincy. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1790, studied law, and entered Congress in 1805, where he distinguished himself as a favorite orator in opposition to the policy of Jefferson and Madison, and was one of the earliest to denounce slavery. He became a member of the Senate of Massachusetts, and in 1822, judge of the Municipal Court of Boston. In 1823 he was elected mayor of Boston; and in 1829 accepted the post of president of Harvard College, which he held till 1845. Among his_published works are "History of Harvard University" a (1840); "The Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston" (1852); "Life of John Quincy Adams" (1858); "Essays on the Soiling of Cattle" (1859). He died in Quincy, Mass., July 1, 1864.
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Quincy (JOSIAH sometimes called JOSIAH)
JOSIAH, sometimes called JOSIAH QUINCY, JR., an American lawyer; born in Boston, Mass., Jan, 23, 1744. He graduated from Harvard in 1763. He joined with John Adams in defending the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre case. But he took part in the town meeting ordering the "Boston tea-party"; and in September, 1774, went to England to speak in behalf of the colonists. His best known works are: "An Address of the Merchants, Traders, and Freeholders of Boston" in favor of a non-importation act (1770), and "Observations on the Boston Port Bill" (1774). He died April 26, 1775.
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Quindecem Viri
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Quinet
EDGAR, a French historian and philosopher; born near Bourg France, Feb. 17, 1803. His works fill nearly 30 volumes, of which only a small part has any permanent value. He was appointed Professor of Foreign Literatures at Lyons, and afterward at the Collège de France in Paris. His principles were strongly republican, and brought him into trouble more than once. His leading works are: "Ahasuerus" (1834); "Merlin the Enchanter" (1861); "The Revolution" (1865); and "The Creation" (1869). He also wrote several long poems. He died in Versailles, March 27, 1875.
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Quinine
in chemistry, C20H24N2O20 chinin or quinia; the most important alkaloid of the true cinchona barks, first obtained, but in an impure state, by Gomez, of Lisbon, in 1811.
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Quinine Sulphates
the neutral or common medicinal sulphate, 2C20H 24 N₂O2 H2SO4+8H2O; prepared by the neutralizing quinine with dilute sulphuric acid. Quinine sulphate is largely employed as a febrifuge and tonic, and it possesses powerful antiseptic properties.
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Quinoa
Chenopodium Quinoa, a valuable food-plant, a native of Chile and the high table-land of Mexico, which much resembles some of the British species of Chenopodium. In the countries in which it is indigenous it is much cultivated for its seeds, which form a principal food of the inhabitants. It is sometimes cultivated in British gardens for its leaves, which are a good substitute for spinach.
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Quinoline
a pungent colorless liquid obtained by the distillation of bones, coal tar, and various alkaloids. SUNDAY, the QUINQUAGESIMA Sunday next before Lent, being about 50 days before Easter.
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Quinqueremes
vessels with five banks of oars, however arranged; may be regarded as the first-rates of the ancient navies.
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Quinsy
or QUINANCY, inflammatory sore throat. There is swelling of one tonsil, or of both, attended with difficulty of breathing and swallowing, and febrile symptoms.
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Quintal
a weight of 100 or 112 pounds, according to the scale used. The French quintal metrique is 100 kilogrammes or 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
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Quintana
MANUEL JOSÉ, a Spanish poet; born in Madrid, Spain, April 11, 1772; was lawyer, journalist, and man of letters, as well as poet. He was governor or preceptor to the young Queen Isabella, was made senator and peer in 1835. He was a Liberal in politics, and twice driven from office, being imprisoned from 1814 to 1820. His most famous work is the "Lives of Celebrated Spaniards," in three volumes (1807- 1833). He died March 11, 1857.
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Quintana Roo
a federal state of Mexico, in the peninsula of Yucatan, bounded on the W. by the state of Campeche, on the N. by the state of Yucatan, on the E. by the Caribbean Sea, and on the S. by British Honduras. Puerto Morelos, Chansantacruz and Santa Cruz de Bravo are the chief towns, the last being the capital. Its area is 19,270 square miles. It was organized as a territory in 1902, and was from that time on administered directly by the government from the city of Mexico. Pop. about 10,000.
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Quintette
or QUINTET, in music: (1) A composition in five parts or for five performers. (2) Part of a movement sung by five voices soli, opposed to (3) A composition for two viocoro. lins, two tenors, and a violoncello; or two violins, a tenor, and two violoncellos; or two violins, a tenor, a violoncello, and double bass, having the same form as a sonata.
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Quintilian
QUINTILIANUS MARCUS FABIUS, a Roman rhetorician; native of Spain. In his early youth he was at Rome, and heard the lectures of Domitius Afer, who died A. D. 59. He accompanied Gabba to Rome, in the year 68, became an eminent pleader, and still more eminent as a teacher of rhetoric. He taught at Rome for 20 years, was named preceptor to the grandnephews of Domitian, had also Pliny the younger among his scholars. He tired from his public duties in 89, and is supposed to have lived about 30 years longer. His great work is entitled, "On Oratory as an Art."
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Quintilius
AURELIUS CLAUD- IUS, brother of Claudius II., was, his death, invested with the purple by the army in Aquitaine, A. D. 270, but being deserted by his troops on the approach of the rival Emperor Aurelian, who had been proclaimed by the Italiana army, he bled himself to death in a bath 17 days after assuming the scepter.
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Quintus Curtius Rufus
A Latin historian supposed to have lived in the reign of Vespasian. He wrote a history of the reign of Alexander the Great. This work is admired for the elegance of its diction. 2026 Editor's Note: Historiae Alexandri Magni is the only surviving Latin biography of Alexander the Great from antiquity. Almost nothing is known about the author himself, leading to much scholarly speculation about his true identity. (Ed: BR 2026-06-16)
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