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Born - in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England
- in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England
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Attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel. A frustrated child, he found an outlet in bullying his peers.
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Attended Brasenose College at Oxford
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graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education
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took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury.
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Golding temporarily abandoned the profession to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II.
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World War II had ended, Golding went back to teaching and writing.