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Birth
William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. -
Education
Golding attended Oxford university, his father hoped he would become a scientist but he kept his interest in literature. A year before he graduated he created his first work which was overlooked by critics. -
Teaching
In 1935 Golding took a teaching position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. -
Lor of the Flies
In 1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. The novel told the gripping story of a group of adolescent boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck. -
Death
On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. After Golding died, his completed manuscript for The Double Tongue was published posthumously. -
Early Life
At the young age of 12 when attending the school his father ran he attempted to write his first novel which was unsuccessful -
Royal Navy
Golding spent the better part of the next six years on a boat, except for a seven-month stint in New York, where he assisted Lord Cherwell at the Naval Research Establishment.