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William Golding was born 9/19/1911 in Cornwall, England. His mother was a sufraget and his father was a teacher.
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Golding started attending Brasenose College at Oxford in 1930. While at Oxford, he studied two years of science and then switched to taking literature classes.
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Golding graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English.
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Golding started to work at a small theatre in England. He worked on writing different pieces and doing different stage work.
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Golding began teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School. He remained teaching until 1961
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Golding married Ann Brookfileld. They would have two children.
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Golding joined the Navy in 1940. While in the Navy, he saw many incredible horrors and barbarity between humans.
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Golding published the Lord of the Flies in 1954. He combined the horrors he saw in the navy to his experience with school boys.
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In 1955, Golding was granted membership in the Royal Society of Literature. This was a great honor that was given to him because of Lord of the Flies
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Golding won the Booker Prize in 1980 for his book Rites of Passage. This is an extremely prestigious British award.
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Golding died in 1993 at the age of 81. He died from a heart attack.
