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william is born
william was born in cornwall england. His mom was a active suffragist and his father awas a schoolmaster. -
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Williams life
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first unsuccesful novel
william unsuccesfully tries to write his first novel. frustrateed he starts bullying others. -
first career
after college Golding begins working as a english and philosophy teacher at Bishop wordsworths school in salisbury. -
Royal Navy
Golding temporarily abandons teaching to be in the royal navy. -
wwII ends
wwII ends and william golding returns to his teaching career. -
Novel adapted into film
a year after he retires from teaching one of his novels was adapted into a movie. -
Nobel Prize
awarded a nobel prize for literature. -
Knighted
William Golding was knighted by queen Elisabeth II. -
william dies
Golding dies of heart attack in cornwall england.