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William Golding

  • Born

    Born

    Born in Newquay, Cornwall, England
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    Childhood

    William was had an interest of writing and was said to like hurting people
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    Academics

    Attended Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1930 and graduated in 1934. He came back and got a diploma in 1937
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    First job

    Got a job as a teacher
  • Kids

    Two kids, one in 1940 and another in 1945
  • marriage

    marriage

    Got married to Ann Brookfield
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    War

    William fought in WWII
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    Teaching

    After the war, he went back to teaching
  • Book

    Book

    His first and most popular book, lord of the flies. He made many books until around the 80s and had some posthumous ones
  • Death

    Death

    William died in the nineties at the age of 81