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He graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.
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He taught English and philosophy,That same year, he married Ann Brookfield, with whom he had two children. He stayed in teaching until 1961
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He temporarily left teaching to join the Royal Navy. He stayed in for five years during World War II, he remained in the teaching position until 1961.
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Lord of the Flies was the first to be published from Goldings novels after having been rejected by 21 publishers. Golding combined that perception of humanity with his years of experience with schoolboys.
