William Golding

By KaurS

  • William Golding was born

    William Golding was born on September 9th, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.

  • William Golding started teaching

    Golding started teaching english and philosophy in Salisbury, at Bishop Wordsworth's school. Golding tought unruly young boys and that later turned out to be his inspiration for his Novel Lord of The Flies.

  • Golding joining the Navy

    Golding temperarily abandoned the profession to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II. He spent the next six years on a boat. He fought battleships at the sinking of the Bismarck.

  • Golding published his Novel

    Golding published his first novel Lord of The Flies.

  • After 21 rejections

    After 21 rejections, William Golding published his first and most acclaimed Novel, Lord of The Flies. The Novel is about a group of boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck.

  • Golding's father died

    Golding's father Alec was diagnosed with cancer, and when doing the operation to remove the cancer he died siddenly of a heart attack in the hospital.

  • Awarded Nobel Prize

    Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize for Lord of The Flies, two decades after he retired from teaching.

  • Golding died

    William Golding died in perranarwothal, Cornwall England. He died from congestive heart failure.