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Birth and Early Life
On September 19, 1911, William Golding was born in Saint Minor Columb Cornwall. He lived in a house next to a graveyard with his mother who was a suffragette and his father who was a school master. He was taught by his father and attempted to write a novel when he was 12, he also described himself as a "brat" (Biography) -
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Primary and College Education (1920's-1930's)
William Golding described himself as a boy "who enjoyed hurting people" or a bully during his adolescence. He attended his father's school Marlborough Grammar School. He later went to Brasenose College at Oxford University. He went on to study English literature, even though his father wished him to study the sciences. In 1934, before he graduated, Golding published "Poems", his first work. (Biography) -
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Teaching
Golding decided to become a teacher, teaching both English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. The rowdy students provided inspiration for the characters in Lord of the Flies. He later left this profession for the Navy. (Biography) -
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His time in the Royal Navy (1940-1945)
For most of the next six years, Golding spent his time on a boat and developed a love for the sea and adventure. During his fight in the World War 2, he fought at the Sinking of Bismark and fended against submarines and planes. His time in the Royal Navy gave him much more inspiration for his soon to come novel. He left the Navy on 1945. (Biography) -
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The Lord of the Flies (1954)
Lord of the Flies In 1954, William Golding published his very first novel after 21 rejections. 29 years later, he received the 1983 Noble Prize for Literature. -
Death
Golding died on June 19, 1993 due to a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. His manuscrip of The Double Tongue was published. -
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WORKS CITED
"William Golding." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 23 May 2016. Web. 12 Jan. 2017.
