William Golding

The source records Newquay as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

What is recorded here

Why this person is known: British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1911–1993)

From Wikidata Q44183

Birthplace

Newquay

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