William F. Buckley, Jr.

William Frank Buckley Jr. (born November 24, 1925), an American author and journalist, founded National Review, a prominent conservative political magazine, in 1955, and the award-winning television show Firing Line in 1966. He often is credited as the godfather of modern American conservatism.

Childhood

Buckley was born in New York City to lawyer and oil baron William Frank Buckley, Sr., and Aloise Steiner Buckley. The sixth of 10 children, young Buckley moved with his family to Sharon, Connecticut. He soon moved to Paris where he attended first grade and learned French. By age seven, he had had formal training in English at a day school in London. As a boy, Buckley developed a love for horses, music, swimming, hunting, story-telling, and the importance of his religious faith; all of which would be reflected in his later writings.

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