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Born
Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. -
"Poems" Is Published
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Taught English & Philosophy.
At Bishop Wordsworth's In Salisbury. -
Married Ann Brookfield.
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Joined Royal Navy.
In World War II. -
"Lord of The Flies" Published.
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"Inheritors" Published.
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"Pincher Martin" Published.
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"The Brass Butterfly" Opens In Oxford.
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"Free Fall" Is Published.
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Golding Retired.
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"Lord of The Flies" Film Released. (In The USA.)
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"The Spire" Is Published.
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"The Pyramid" Is Published. (In Book Form.)
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"The Scorpion God" Is Published.
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"Darkness Visible" Is Published.
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"Rites of Passage" Is Published.
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"A Moving Target" Is Published.
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Golding Is Awarded The Nobel Prize For Literature.
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"The Paper Man" Is Published.
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"An Egyptian Journal" Is Published.
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"Close Quarters" Is Published.
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Golding Is Knighted By Queen Elizabeth II.
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"Fire Down Below" Is Published.
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"Lord of The Flies" Film Released.
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"His Sea Trilogy" Is Published.
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"The Double Tongue" Is Published.
After Passing. Completed Manuscript. -
Death
Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.