Christopher Buckley (scientist)
Christopher or Chris Buckley may refer to: * Christopher Buckley (novelist) (born 1952), American political satirist * Christopher Buckley (poet) (born 1948), American poet * Christopher Buckley (journalist) (1905–1950), British journalist and historian * Chris Buckley (footballer) (1886–1973), English football player * Christopher Augustine Buckley Christopher Augustine Buckley Sr. (December 25, 1845 – April 20, 1922), commonly referred to as Blind Boss Buckley, was a saloonkeeper and Democratic Party political boss in San Francisco, California. Though he never held public office, Buck ...

Christopher Buckley (novelist)
Christopher Taylor Buckley (born September 28, 1952) is an American author and political satirist. He also served as chief speechwriter to Vice President George H. W. Bush. He is known for writing '' God Is My Broker'', ''Thank You for Smoking'', '' Little Green Men'', ''The White House Mess'', '' No Way to Treat a First Lady'', ''Wet Work'', '' Florence of Arabia'', '' Boomsday'', '' Supreme Courtship'', ''Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir'', and ''The Judge Hunter''. Early life and education Buckley is the son of writer and '' Firing Line'' host William F. Buckley Jr. and Patricia Buckley. After receiving a classical education at Portsmouth Abbey School, Buckley worked his way around the world as a deckhand on a Norwegian tramp freighter. He graduated ''cum laude'' from Yale University in 1976. Career He joined the staff of ''Esquire'' magazine in 1976 and seven months later was promoted at age 24 to managing editor. In 1980 he returned to sea aboard an American ship and made ...
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Christopher Buckley (poet)
Christopher Buckley (born 1948) is an American poet. Buckley was born in Arcata, California. He graduated from St. Mary's College with a BA, San Diego State University with a MA, and University of California, Irvine with an MFA. He taught at Fresno State University, University of California, Santa Barbara, Murray State University, West Chester University, and University of California, Riverside The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on in a suburban dist .... He married painter Nadya Brown. Awards * 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship * Fulbright Award in Creative Writing * four Pushcart Prizes * 2001 and 1984 NEA grants in poetry Works"Sky" UPNE *''Blue autumn: poems'', Copper Beech Press, 1990, *''Dark matter: poems'', Copper Beech Press, 1993, ''Star Apocrypha'' Northwestern University Press, ...
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Christopher Buckley (journalist)
Christopher Buckley (22 May 1905 – 12 August 1950) was a British journalist and historian working for ''The Daily Telegraph'' newspaper. Buckley studied military history at Oxford before he started as a war correspondent in 1940. His reporting from battles and front lines in World War II earned him international prestige. He was the author of ''Road to Rome, An Account of Military Operations in Italy, 1943–44'' (1945) and wrote official accounts of military operations (e.g., the ''History of the Second World War'') for His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO). He was the author of two novels, ''Rain Before Seven'' (1947) and ''Royal Chase'' (1949). The first of these has been described as "something of a forgotten late golden age classic" in the crime fiction field. In 1950, while reporting from the Korean War, he was killed (with journalist Ian Morrison and Colonel M. K. Unni Nayar) by a landmine exploding under their jeep. He is buried at the United Nations Memorial Cem ...
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Chris Buckley (footballer)
Christopher Sebastian Buckley (9 November 1886 – 11 January 1973) was a footballer in the early years of professional football in England, who played at centre half for a variety of clubs including Aston Villa and Arsenal, before later returning to Villa as director and chairman. He was the younger brother of Frank Buckley, who was also a player and manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers. Biography Born in Urmston, Lancashire, Buckley studied at Xaverian College in his native city and the Manchester Catholic Collegiate Institute. He went on to play for Victoria Park, Manchester Ship Canal and Manchester City Reserves before stepping up to the senior level with Brighton & Hove Albion of the Southern League in 1905. A year later he joined Aston Villa and played 20 league games in his first season, before breaking his ankle in a game against Manchester United on the opening day of the 1907-08 season, which kept him out of the game for over a year. He continued to play f ...
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