Reid Buckley
Fergus Reid Buckley (14 Juli 1930 – 14 April 2014) merupakan seorang penulis, juru bicara dan guru berkebangsaan Amerika. Buckley mendirikan Buckley School of Public Speaking.[1] Di antara buku-bukunya adalah sebuah sejarah keluarganya, An American Family—The Buckleys (2008).[2]
Buckley lahir di Paris, Prancis, dimana ayahandanya bekerja di industri perminyakan. Pada tahun 1952, ia menyelesaikan pendidikannya di Universitas Yale, dimana ia merupakan salah satu anggota dari Skull and Bones.[3]
Buckley meninggal karena kanker di Rumah sakit Columbia, Carolina Selatan pada bulan 2014.[1]
Karya
[sunting | sunting sumber]- 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.[4]
- 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.
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ a b Vitello, Paul (April 16, 2014). "F. Reid Buckley, Novelist and Columnist, Dies at 83" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ 2008, An American Family – The Buckleys, Threshold Editions, Simon & Schuster, New York, 459 p.
- ^ "Fergus Reid Buckley." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 2 May. 2011.France
- ^ Buckley, Fergus Reid (2002). USA Today : the stunning incoherence of American civilization (edisi ke-1st). Camden, SC: P.E.N. Press. ISBN 0-9721000-0-8. OCLC 52111343.
Pranala luar
[sunting | sunting sumber]- The Buckley School of Public Speaking
- Reid Buckley di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- Simon & Schuster's Author Page for Reid Buckley
- Western Kentucky University photographs of Reid Buckley Diarsipkan 2011-06-13 di Wayback Machine.
- Obituary, by Jack Fowler, National Review
- Obituary, by David Limbaugh, National Review
- Legacy.com
- Obituary, New York Times