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By Mikayla@timetoast

  • Birth

    William Wordsworth was born in 1911 in Cornwall, England.

  • Education

    Wordsworth began his education in 1916 at Marlborough Grammar School, the school that his father ran. His first unsuccessful attempt at writing a novel was at the age of twelve.

  • Began Studying Literature

    In his third year at Brasenose College at Oxford, Wordsworth began studying literature instead of science. It was here that he began writing poetry.

  • Began Working

    Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer for a small theater in an out-of-the-way part of London from 1935 to 1939, supplementing his income with a job as a social worker. He cited Greek tragedians and Shakespeare rather than other novelists as his primary literary influences, citing the theater as his strongest influence.

  • Graduation

    In 1935, Wordsworth graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in eduaction.

  • Navy

    Wordsworth served in the navy for several years and this exposed him to the cruelty of mankind, inspiring themes in some of his novels. He fought in World War II.

  • Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies was published in 1954

  • Nobel Prize

    Wordsworth was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel 'Lord of the Flies'.

  • Death

    Golding died in Cornwall in 1993.