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| | [[Image:6436rtdhgf.jpg|right|thumb|William F. Buckley, Jr., on his long-running television show [[Firing Line]].]] | | [[Image:6436rtdhgf.jpg|right|thumb|William F. Buckley, Jr., on his long-running television show [[Firing Line]].]] |
| − | '''William Frank Buckley Jr.''' (November 24, 1925 - February 27, 2008) was a prominent [[conservative]] author and commentator, and the founder of the [[National Review]]. He was also host of [[Firing Line]], a talk show featured for years on the otherwise [[liberal]] public television. He was admired on both sides of the political spectrum for his seemingly limitless vocabulary, and his intellectual wit. | + | '''William Frank Buckley Jr.''' (New York City, November 24, 1925 - Stanford, February 27, 2008) was born in a devoutly [[Roman Catholic]] family. Buckley was a prominent [[conservative]] author and commentator, and the founder of the [[National Review]]. He was also host of [[Firing Line]], a talk show featured for years on the otherwise [[liberal]] public television. He was admired on both sides of the political spectrum for his seemingly limitless vocabulary, and his intellectual wit. |
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| − | He was educated in an [[English]] preparatory school as a teenager. As young man, he wrote an influential book about his college experiences entitled, "God and Man at Yale." He also studied Spanish in [[Mexico City]]. | + | He was educated in an [[English]] preparatory school as a teenager. As young man, he wrote an influential book about his college experiences entitled, "God and Man at Yale." He was educated in [[England]] and [[France]], and also studied Spanish in [[Mexico City]] (UNAM). Buckley graduated from the Millbrook School in Millbrook, NY, in 1943. |
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| | Buckley founded in 1955 the National Review (NR), a biweekly magazine of political opinion. Ronald Reagan was a longtime subscriber to National Review. Through the magazine he foster the idea of a conservative movement. | | Buckley founded in 1955 the National Review (NR), a biweekly magazine of political opinion. Ronald Reagan was a longtime subscriber to National Review. Through the magazine he foster the idea of a conservative movement. |