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).2008, An American Family – The Buckleys, Threshold Editions, Simon & Schuster, New York, 459 p.
Early life and education Buckley was born in Paris, France, where his father, William F. Buckley Sr., was working in the oil industry. In 1952, he graduated from Yale University, where he was a member of Skull and Bones."Fergus Reid Buckley". Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 2 May. 2011.France
Buckley's older brothers were former New York Conservative United States Senator James L. Buckley, and conservative author and commentator William F. Buckley Jr., and his nephews were writer Christopher Buckley and Media Research Center founder L. Brent Bozell III.
Career Buckley was the founder of The Buckley School of Public Speaking.
Death Buckley died of cancer at a hospice in Columbia, South Carolina in April 2014, at age 83.
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
Simon & Schuster's Author Page for Reid Buckley Western Kentucky University photographs of Reid Buckley Obituary, by Jack Fowler, National Review Obituary, by David Limbaugh, National Review Legacy.com Obituary, New York Times