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Womens suffragettte
The womens suffragette was a movement to gain the right for women to vote. in 1914 the movement shifted in supporters in favor of the women. -
Golding's Birth
William Golding was born September 19, 1911. His father was a school teacher and an ardent advocate of rationalism. Golding's father had a great influence on his love for eduacation. -
Brasenose College at Oxford
Golding started attending college at Oxford and spent two years studying science, in deference to his father's beliefs. In his third year, however, he switched to the literature program, following his true interests -
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Life after College
Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in a bad part of London, paying his bills with a job as a social worker. -
War, Teaching< and Children
In 1939, Golding began teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School. That same year, he married Ann Brookfield, with whom he had two children. With the exception of five years he spent in the Royal Navy during World War II -
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WW2
Golding spent five years in the navy and it really impacted him. he was exposed to the incredible cruelity and barbarity that humkind is capable of being. -
Book Published
Golding wrote a book on his perspective of life given his time alive. Lord of the flies was rejected by 21 publishers before finally being accepted. -
Death
William Golding died in Cornwall in the year 1993.
