William Golding
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Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he shifted from natural sciences to English, William Golding emerged from a teaching career and wartime naval service to become a leading British novelist, playwright, and poet. His first novel, Lord of the Flies (1954), secured his reputation, and he continued to publish a further twelve works, including the sea-trilogy opener Rites of Passage that ear…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources