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Golding was born
Golding was born in Cornwall, England. Father was a school teacher and his mother was a supporter of the suffragette movement -
Attends college
He attended Brasenose college at oxford and spent 2 years studying science, his 3rd year he switched to the literature program -
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Became a teacher
He worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theatre making money as a social worker, in 1939 he decides to go teach English and philosophy in Salisbury -
Golding joins the navy
Golding decided to take a temporary brake from literature -
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Went back to teaching
After a 5 year break and joining the navy he remained a teacher until he quit to become a full time writer -
First published novel
Golding Published his first novel ¨Lord of the flies¨ -
Won nobel prize of literature
British novelist that wrote lord of the flies and won the noble prize soon after -
Golding passed away
He died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England. The same place he was born