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Name: William Gerald Golding • Birth: September 19, 1911, Newquay, Cornwall, England • Father: Alec Golding. • Mother: Mildred (Korno). • Wife / Husband: N Brookfield Early life of William Golding:         William Golding was born in his grandmother's house at 47 Mount Wise, Newquay, Cornwall. The house was known as the word carnis for love, and he spent many childhood vacations. He grew up in Marlborough, Wiltshire, where his father (Alec Golding) was a science master at the Marlboro Grammar School (retirement from 1905), young Golding and his elder brother Joseph attended the school.         His mother, Mildred (Kerno), kept house at 29, The Green, Marlborough, and was a publicist for women's suffrage. Golding's mother, who was Cornish and whom she regarded as "a superstitious cult", used to tell stories of old cornish fairy from childhood. In 1930, Golding went to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he studied natural science for t...

Name: William Gerald Golding • Birth: September 19, 1911, Newquay, Cornwall, England • Father: Alec Golding. • Mother: Mildred (Korno). • Wife / Husband: N Brookfield Early life of William Golding:         William Golding was born in his grandmother's house at 47 Mount Wise, Newquay, Cornwall. The house was known as the word carnis for love, and he spent many childhood vacations. He grew up in Marlborough, Wiltshire, where his father (Alec Golding) was a science master at the Marlboro Grammar School (retirement from 1905), young Golding and his elder brother Joseph attended the school.         His mother, Mildred (Kerno), kept house at 29, The Green, Marlborough, and was a publicist for women's suffrage. Golding's mother, who was Cornish and whom she regarded as "a superstitious cult", used to tell stories of old cornish fairy from childhood. In 1930, Golding went to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he studied natural science for t...