Reid Buckley

Fergus Reid Buckley 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.

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.
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 are 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.