William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925–2008)
Auteur van God and Man at Yale
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Editor and writer William F. Buckley, Jr. was born in New York City on November 24, 1925. While at Yale University, he studied political science, history and economics and graduated with honors. In 1955, he founded the weekly journal National Review where he was editor in chief. He began his toon meer syndicated newspaper column in 1962 and his weekly television discussion program, Firing Line was syndicated in 1966. Buckley wrote "God and Man at Yale" (1951) which was an indictment of liberal education in the United States, "Up from Liberalism" (1959), "The Unmaking of a Mayor" (1966), which tells of his unsuccessful mayoral campaign as the Conservative Party candidate for New York City in 1965, and "Quotations from Chairman Bill" (1970). Buckley also wrote best selling stories of international intrigue whose titles include "Saving the Queen" (1976), "Stained Glass" (1978), "Who's on First" (1980), "Marco Polo, If You Can" (1981), and "See You Later, Alligator" (1985). He died on February 27, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Let Us Talk of Many Things : The Collected Speeches with New Commentary by the Author (2000) 142 exemplaren
Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? American Conservative Thought in the Twentieth Century (1970) — Redacteur — 82 exemplaren
Athwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations: A William F. Buckley Jr. Omnibus (2010) 61 exemplaren
The committee and its critics; a calm review of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (1962) 21 exemplaren
The China lobby man; the story of Alfred Kohlberg 7 exemplaren
The Ivory Tower the Early Years: The Complete National Review Writings of William F. Buckley Jr. (2013) 6 exemplaren
Mickey Is Sixty ! Special Commemorative Edition Magazine ( Mickey Mouse on Cvr drawn by Andy Warhol ) 1988, The Mouse… (1988) 4 exemplaren
On faith and religious institutions 4 exemplaren
The Blackford Oakes Mysteries Volume One: Saving the Queen, Stained Glass, and Who's On First (2018) 3 exemplaren
Belleville General Hospital: one hundred years 2 exemplaren
Firing Line Transcript: William Buckley and Malcolm Muggeridge: "How does one find faith?" 2 exemplaren
Firing Line 2 exemplaren
Sociology and modern systems theory 1 exemplaar
Firing Line: Presidential Hopeful Ronald Reagan 1 exemplaar
Firing Line: The Rising Tide of Islam 1 exemplaar
National Review, Volume XXV (1973) 1 exemplaar
Firing Line: Case Against Freedom 1 exemplaar
National Review, Volume XXVI (1974) 1 exemplaar
William F. Buckley Jr.'s Airborne 1 exemplaar
National Review, Volume XXVIII (1976) 1 exemplaar
National Review, Volume XXVII (1975) 1 exemplaar
Southern Educational Communications Association,, (Columbia, South Carolina):, 1977. First edition. BORGES, Jorge Luis.… (1977) 1 exemplaar
National Review, Volume XXIX (1977) 1 exemplaar
10th Anniversary of National Review 1 exemplaar
National Review 1 exemplaar
Relaxing with National Review 1 exemplaar
Crisis in Space 1 exemplaar
How to Speak the Lord's Language 1 exemplaar
A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That the Evolutionists Should Acknowledge Creation by William F. Buckley Jr. 1 exemplaar
El vitral 1 exemplaar
Death of a teacher 1 exemplaar
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- Gangbare naam
- Buckley, William F., Jr.
- Officiële naam
- Buckley, William Frank, Jr
- Geboortedatum
- 1925-11-24
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2008-02-27
- Graflocatie
- Saint Bernard Cemetery, Sharon, Connecticut, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- New York, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Stamford, Connecticut, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- heart attack
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
Mexico
Sharon, Connecticut, USA
Paris, France
London, England, UK
New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Opleiding
- National Autonomous University of Mexico (1943)
Yale College (B.A. ∙ 1950) - Beroepen
- editor
publisher
novelist
columnist
television host
lecturer (toon alle 9)
CIA agent
second lieutenant (U.S. Army)
mayoral candidate - Relaties
- Buckley, Christopher (son)
Buckley, James L. (brother)
Heath, Aloise Buckley (sister)
Buckley, Fergus Reid (brother)
Buckley, Priscilla L. (sister)
Bozell, L. Brent (brother-in-law) (toon alle 15)
Nabokov, Vladimir (friend)
Buckley, Pat (sister)
Chambers, Whittaker (friend)
Casey, William J. (friend)
Horne, Alistair (friend)
Lowenstein, Allard K. (friend)
Galbraith, John Kenneth (friend)
McGovern, George (friend)
Buckley, Patricia (wife) - Organisaties
- National Review (Founder)
United States Army (2nd Lieutenant)
Public Broadcasting Service
Universal Press Syndicate (columnist)
United Nations
Starr Broadcasting Group, Inc. (toon alle 15)
Knights of Malta
Young Americans for Freedom
Council on Foreign Relations
Conservative Party of New York
Central Intelligence Agency
New York Yacht Club
Mont Pelerin Society
Skull and Bones
Philadelphia Society - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1991)
Gold Medal Award, National Institute of Social Sciences (1992)
Julius Award, University of Southern California (1990)
Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award (1989)
Shelby Cullom Davis Award (1986)
Lincoln Literary Award, Union League (1985) (toon alle 19)
Creative Leadership Award, New York University (1981)
Carmel Award, American Friends of Haifa University (1980)
Americanism Award, Young Republican National Federation (1979)
Bellarmine Medal (1977)
Sigma Delta Chi (1976)
Cleveland Amory Award, TV Guide (1974)
Man of the Decade Award, Young Americans for Freedom (1970)
Emmy Award, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1969)
Liberty Bell Award, New Haven County Bar Association (1969)
Distinguished Achievement Award in Journalism, University of Southern California (1968)
Best Columnist of the Year (1967)
Freedom Award, Order of Lafayette (1966)
National Book Award (1980)
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