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William Golding was born in Cornwall, England on September 19, 1911.
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William Golding began college at Oxford in 1930
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In 1935 William Golding graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education
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In 1935 William Golding began working as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in London, he worked here till 1939.
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In 1939 William Golding began teaching English and Philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School.
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William Golding got married to Ann Brookfield in 1939, he would have 2 children with her.
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William Golding entered the navy in 1940 and served 5 years. Being in the navy exposed him to the incredible cruelty and barbarity of which human kind is capable.
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In 1954 Lord of the Flies is published after being rejected by 21 publishers.
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On June 19, 1993 William Golding died from congestive heart failure, he was 81 years old.
