William Golding Birth, born on September 11, 1911 in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
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Golding attended Primary school at the school his father ran, this schools name was Marlborough Grammar School.
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William Golding attended Brasenose College at Oxford University where he studied science for two years as his father wished but then started studying the literature program.
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While still at Oxford, a volume of Golding's poems was published as part of Macmillan's Contemporary Poets series.
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In 1935, he graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.
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From 1935 to 1939, Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London, paying his bills with a job as a social worker.
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In 1939, Golding began teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School.
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He married Ann Brookfield, with whom he had two children.
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He spent five years in the Royal Navy during World War II.
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He remained in the teaching position until 1961 when he left Bishop Wordsworth's School to pursue writing full time.
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Golding died in Cornwall in 1993.
