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Born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.Was raised in a 14-century house next door to a graveyard.
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William went to Brasenose Collage at Oxford to study science.He switched of to literature.
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William started teaching English and Philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury.He loved his job and was very passionate.
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After five years of teaching William joined the Royal Navy to fight in WW2.He fought in the war for six years rosette rank of Lieutenant.
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Once he finished in the war he went back to teaching.One of many of his other callings.
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After bing rejected 21 times he finally got his first book "Lord of the Flies".His book taught classrooms around the world.
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The first film was made by producer Peter Brook. Happened a year after retiring from teaching.
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At age 73 William won the Nobel Peace Prize for literature.This showed just how influential his novel was.
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In the summer of 1988, William Golding was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He was the age of 78 when this happened.
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William Golding died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England. His cause of death was congestive heart failure at the age of 81.