life and career of William Golding

By grandle127

  • William Golding is born

    William Golding is born
    William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, England. His mother was an active suffragette and is father wroked as a schoolmaster.

  • William Golding published his first work

    William Golding published his first work
    There is no specific date for when his first work, "Poems" was written but in 1934, a year before he graduated, he published it which was overlooked by critics.

  • Golding quits teaching to join the Royal Navy

    Golding quits teaching to join the Royal Navy
    One day in 1940, Golding abandoned teaching to Join the Royal Navy and fight in WWII. He spent six years on a boat where he fought battleships.

  • Lord of the Flies was published

    Lord of the Flies was published
    In 1954, after being rejected twenty-one times, Golding published hsi first and most known novel,, "LOrd of the flies". He recieved inspiration from his stuents when he was teaching back in 1935.

  • Death

    Death
    On June 19, 1993, William Glding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. After he passed away, his manuscript, "The double Judith" was published.