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  William Golding was born on September 19th, 1911, in Cornwall, England.
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  William Golding attended Brasenose College at Oxford, studying science.
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  William Golding graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.
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  WIlliam Golding started to teach in Salisbury
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  William Golding got married to Ann Brookfield, an analytical chemist, on September 30th, 1939. They had two children, Judith and David.
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  William Golding joined the Navy in 1940.
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  William Golding returned to reaching, after returning from the Navy
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  William Golding's book, "Lord of the Flies," is published on September 17th, 1954.
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  William Golding won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983
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  William Golding died on June 19th, 1933 due to heart failure at age 81.
