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(1925-2008) Writer, novelist. William F. Buckley Jr. was born in Manhattan, New York. He was the author of over fifty books. He founded National Review of which his sister, Priscilla Buckley, was the managing editor for many years.

Full Name

William F Buckley Jr

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1925

BIRTH

William Francis Buckley was born in Manhattan, New York, on November 24, 1925. When he was about five, he changed his middle name to Frank, making him William F. Buckley Jr.

1943

OTHER

Mr. Buckley graduated from Millbrook School in Millbrook, New York, in 1943.

1951

LITWORK

God And Man At Yale: The Superstitions Of Academic Freedom
Henry Regnery Company

Nonfiction.

1954

LITWORK

McCarthy And His Enemies: The Record And Its Meaning
Henry Regnery Co.

Nonfiction written with L. Brent Bozell.

1966

LITWORK

The Unmaking of a Mayor
Viking Press

Nonfiction.

1971

LITWORK

Cruising Speed: A Documentary
Putnam

Nonfiction.

1976

LITWORK

Saving the Queen
Doubleday
0385038003 / 978-0385038003
Novel.

1981

LITWORK

Marco Polo, If You Can
Doubleday
0385152329 / 978-0385152327
Novel.

1994

LITWORK

A Very Private Plot
William Morrow & Co.
0688127959 / 978-0688127954
Novel.

2005

LITWORK

Last Call for Blackford Oakes
Harcourt
0151010854 / 978-0151010851
Novel.

2007

LITWORK

Cancel Your Own Goddam Subsctiption: Notes And Asides From The National Review
Basic Books.
0465002420 / 978-0465002429
Nonfiction.

2007

LITWORK

The Rake: A Novel
Harper
0061238554 / 978-0061238550
Novel.

2008

DEATH

William F. Buckley Jr. died in Stamford, Connecticut, on February 27, 2008.

2008

INTERMENT

William F. Buckley Jr. was interred at Saint Bernard Cemetery, Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

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