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William Golding was born in Newquay, Cornwall. He had an older brother named Joseph. -
When he was young, Williams' house was right next to a church graveyard, and William became so scared when he saw the headstones resting against their garden wall. He thought the house cellar was haunted, and he had many nightmares afterward, which he wrote about later in the novel Pincher Martin.
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William Golding went to Brasenose College, Oxford. He was originally studying natural sciences, but after two years, he transferred to English literature.
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81 Years old.