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  William Golding was born on September 19, 1911. He was born in Saint Columb Minor, cornwall, England.
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  William Golding attends Brasenose College at Oxford. His father hoped he would become a scientist. William study English literature instead.
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  William Golding published his first book of poetry. His collection was overlooked by the critics.
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  William Golding takes a teaching job at Bishop Wordworths school.He was teaching English and philosophy.
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  William Golding goes back to work after World War 2.
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  William Golding gets Lord of the Flies published. His book got rejected 21 times before it got published.
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  William Golding recives the Nobel Prize for literature. He was 73 at the time this happened.
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  The Lord of the Flies movie was relesed. The book got a lot of attention after that.
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  William Golding passes away due to a heart attack. After he died someone published his complete manuscript for The Double Tongue.
