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He was born in his grandmothers house in Newquay, Cornwall.
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He graduated with a B.A. degree and second class honours
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He got married to Ann Brookfield, an analytical chemist
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He was in WWII, having joined the Royal Navy
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Lord Of The Flies was published by the Faber & Faber company
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He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
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He won the Nobel Prize for literature
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He was appointed a Knight Bachelor
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It was held a few months after his death
