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        His parents were Alec and Mildred Golding - 
  
  
        William was born in the 14th century and his house was next to a graveyard - 
  
  
        William went to Brasenose College and graduated in 1935. - 
  
  
        In 1936 William was a literature teacher. - 
  
  
        William got married in 1939 to a girl named Ann Brookfield and they lasted until William died. - 
  
  
        William Golding was in the Navy in 1940. - 
  
  
        William Golding published "Lord of the Files" in 1954 - 
  
  
        In 1962 William retired to become a full-time author. - 
  
  
        He won the Nobel Prize for literature. - 
  
  
        William died June 19, 1993