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William Golding was born september 19,1911 in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
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He attended Brasenose College at Oxford University and started to study science but instead got a degree in english and philosophy.
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Golding wrote and published his first book called poems in his last year of collage. this book was over looked by many critics
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When William golding first got his diploma for english and philosophy he started teaching the two subjects.
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William decided to join the royal navy in world way 2 and and stayed there till 1945
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When golding returned from the war he retired from teaching and wrote and published lord of the flies. This book was meant to tell the barbaric ways of human beings.
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Because Golding's book was such a hit he was awarded the noble prize for english
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William Golding was knighted by queen elizabeth the second for writing the lord of flies
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William Golding died june 19,1993 Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England from a heart attack
