Fergus Reid Buckley (July 14, 1930 – April 14, 2014) was an American writer, speaker, and educator. Buckley was the founder of The Buckley School of Public Speaking. Among his books is a history of his family, ''An American Family—The Buckleys'' (2008).

Personal life

Buckley was born in Paris, France, where his father worked in the oil industry. In 1952, he graduated from

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, where he was a member of

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. Buckley's older brothers were former New York Conservative

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James L. Buckley, and conservative author and commentator William F. Buckley Jr., and his nephews are writer Christopher Buckley and

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founder

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. Buckley died of cancer at a hospice in

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in April 2014.

Works

* ''Sex, Power and Pericles: Principles of Advanced Public Speaking.'' Peor Es Nada Press, 1997. * ''Strictly Speaking: Reid Buckley’s Indispensable Handbook on Public Speaking''. McGraw-Hill, 1999. * ''USA Today: The Stunning Incoherence of American Civilization.'' P.E.N. Press, 2002. * ''An American Family: The Buckleys''. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. * ''Speaking in Public: Buckley's Techniques for Winning Arguments and Getting Your Point Across''. HarperCollins, 2010.

References

External links

The Buckley School of Public Speaking
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Simon & Schuster's Author Page for Reid Buckley

Western Kentucky University photographs of Reid BuckleyObituary, by Jack Fowler, ''National Review''Obituary, by David Limbaugh, ''National Review''Legacy.com
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