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Birthday
William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England -
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Life of William Golding
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Life of William Golding
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college
In 1930 Golding went to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he read Natural Sciences for two years before transferring to English Literature. -
Birthday
Golding went to Brasenose College, Oxford -
graduation
Golding took his B.A. degree with Second Class Honours in the summer of 1934, and later that year a book of his Poems was published by Macmillan & Co, with the help of his Oxford friend, the anthroposophist Adam Bittleston -
Graduation
Golding took his B.A. degree with Second Class Honours in the summer -
Teacher
He was a schoolmaster teaching English & music at Maidstone Grammar School 1938 -
marriage
Golding married Ann Brookfield -
marriage
Golding married Ann Brookfield married an analytical chemist -
Navy
Joined the Royal navy -
Navy
Golding joined the Royal Navy -
Child
They had a child named David -
Child
They had Judith -
Book
Published Lord of the Flies -
moving
After moving in 1958 from Salisbury to nearby Bowerchalke -
writer
writer-in-residence at Hollins College, near Roanoke, Virginia. -
Memorial
Won James Tait Black Memorial Prize -
Award
Nobel prize for Literature -
Moving
Golding and his wife moved to Tullimaar House at Perranarworthal, near Truro, Cornwall. -
Death
heart failure