Reid Buckley

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.

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 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. 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.