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William Golding

By Gabe cupp

  • William Golding's birth

    William Golding was born on September 9th of 1911

  • William Golding childhood

    William Golding childhood
    He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard.

  • Education

    Education
    Educated at Marlborough Grammar School, where his father taught, and at Brasenose College, Oxford.

  • Graduation

    Graduation
    He studied natural science for two years and English for 3 years.

  • Career

    Career
    He was a school teacher, novelist, and playwright poet.

  • Navy

    Navy
    He enlisted in the British Navy and was overseas at war for six years

  • teaching

    teaching
    After the war, he went back to teaching because he liked it.

  • First book

    First book
    He published his first book lord of the Flies.

  • Nobel prize

    Nobel prize
    He won the Nobel Prize for literature.

  • Death

    He died at the age of 82.