Josiah Quincy VI (/ˈkwɪnzi/; October 15, 1859 – September 8, 1919) was an American politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston from 1896 to 1900.

[4][5] Josiah Phillips Quincy was a Harvard graduate and was a lawyer and poet who also wrote several books related to politics.

A life-long supporter of historical preservation and organizations, Quincy addressed the first meeting of the Bostonian Society inside the Old State House in 1882, wherein he advocated for the retelling and commemoration of American history as a relevant subject.

Quincy appointed a board of advisors, made up of Boston's leading businessmen, to guide him in the matters of taxes, business, and finance.

Soon after leaving the mayoral office, on February 17, 1900, Quincy married Ellen Frances Krebs Tyler, a Christian Scientist, in London.

They lived in Biarritz, France together and had one child, a son, named Edmund Quincy (1903-1997), who became a painter, author, and poet.