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William was born at his grandparents' house in Newquay, Cornwall, England. The house, called Karenza, Cornish for 'love' -
During his childhood, William Golding's father, a schoolmaster, encouraged his scientific and intellectual curiosity, while his mother, an activist for the women's suffrage movement,
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William Golding's academic career involved studying Natural Sciences and then English Literature at Brasenose College, Oxford University, where he earned a B.A. in 1934.