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The Birth Of William Golding
William Gerald Golding was born in Cornwall, England by his mother, Mildred was a supporter of the British suffrage movement, and father, Alec was a teacher and advocate of rationalism -
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Education
William went to Brasenose College at Oxford for two years studying science in 1930. In his third year, he switched to literature because his dream was poetry. At Oxford, a couple of his poems were published in Macmillan's contemporary poets series. He graduated in 1935 he graduated with a Bachelor of arts in English and a diploma in English. -
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Career
William worked as an actor, writer, and producer in a small theater in an old-fashioned part of London, he got through with paying his bills by working as a social worker.
In 1939, he began teaching Philosophy and English at Bishop Wordsworth's school in Salisbury. He also got married to a woman named Ann Brookfield and had two children. He stayed in the teaching position until 1961 with the exception of his five years in the Royal Navy. -
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Navy Life
The impact of his five years of being in the Navy was that he found out about the cruelty of mankind, which he later wrote about in his projects. -
The Death of William Golding
William Golding died in his hometown, Cornwall in 1993, But not without leaving his mark on the world