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Birth
He was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England -
Teaching
He started teaching english and philosophy in Salisberry -
David
They had a child named David -
Marriage
He married to Ann Brookefield in 1939 -
Navy
William temporarily left teaching to join the navy in the 1940 -
Judith
William and his wife Ann had another child and named her Judith -
Novel
Lord of the Flies, William's first novel, was published -
Retirement
Golding retired his teaching career -
Film
The year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel -
McConell Prize
Golding's novel The Rites of Passage won the 1980 McConell Prize -
Nobel Prize
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature -
Death
Golding died of a heart attack in Perranar Warthol, Cornwall
