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Birth
William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Newquay, Cornwall, England to his parents, Mildred and Alec Golding. -
Teaching career
William Golding started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury in 1935. -
Graduated
Educated at Marlborough Grammar School, where his father taught, and at Brasenose College, Oxford, Golding graduated in 1935. -
Marriage
Golding was engaged to Molly Evans, a woman from Marlborough, who was well-liked by both of his parents. However, he broke off the engagement and married Ann Brookfield, an analytical chemist -
Joined the Royal Navy
He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy. -
Book
Lord of the Flies was written in the early 1950s and published in 1954. -
Nobel Prize in Literature
The 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the British author William Golding "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today" -
Death
William Golding passed away on June 6, 1993, in Perranarworthal, near Falmouth, Cornwall.