William F. Buckley Jr.

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author conservative intellectual human political commentator television host

William F. Buckley Jr. was a prominent American conservative author, commentator, and founder of National Review who helped shape postwar conservative thought and politics in the United States.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → conservative intellectual → human → political commentator → television host →
almaMater	Yale University →
awardReceived	National Humanities Medal → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
causeOfDeath	emphysema →
child	Christopher Buckley →
citizenship	United States of America →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
createdSeries	Blackford Oakes novels →
dateOfBirth	1925-11-24 →
dateOfDeath	2008-02-27 →
educatedAt	Yale University →
employer	National Review →
familyName	Buckley →
fieldOfStudy	economics → history → political science →
founded	National Review →
fullName	William Frank Buckley Jr. →
genre	political non-fiction → spy fiction →
givenName	William →
honorificSuffix	Jr. →
hosted	Firing Line →
ideologicalOpponentOf	liberalism in the United States →
influenced	Ronald Reagan → modern American conservatism →
languageSpoken	English → French → Spanish →
militaryService	United States Army →
movement	American conservative movement →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableFor	influencing U.S. conservative politics → shaping postwar American conservatism →
notableWork	God and Man at Yale → Miles Gone By → Nearer, My God → The Right Reason → The Unmaking of a Mayor → Up from Liberalism →
occupation	columnist → editor → lecturer → novelist → political activist → public intellectual → spy novelist → television personality → writer →
parent	Aloise Steiner Buckley → William F. Buckley Sr. →
partyAffiliation	Conservative Party of New York State →
placeOfBirth	New York City →
placeOfDeath	Stamford, Connecticut →
politicalIdeology	conservatism →
positionHeld	editor-in-chief of National Review → founding editor of National Review →
ranForOffice	1965 New York City mayoral election →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Stamford, Connecticut →
sibling	James L. Buckley →
spouse	Patricia Taylor Buckley →
televisionShowRuntime	Firing Line ran from 1966 to 1999 →
wroteFor	syndicated newspaper columns →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Russell Kirk → The Conservative Mind →	influenced
National Review →	foundedBy
National Review →	foundingEditor
William F. Buckley Jr. ("William Frank Buckley Jr.") →	fullName
The Hill School ("William F. Buckley Jr. (attended, did not graduate)") →	hasAlumnus