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William was born.
He was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. His parents were Alec and Mildred Golding. -
Graduated
In 1935 he graduated from Oxford. He went on to continue his father's legacy as a schoolmaster. -
He started teaching.
He began teaching English and he also taught philosophy. He started teaching in Salisbury. -
He left teaching.
In 1940 he left teaching to join the Royal Navy. It was only a temporary thing. -
Published Lord of the Flies
He published Lord of the Flies as his first novel. He has been rejected 21 times before being able to publish it. -
Named Commander of the British Empire
He was named the Commander of British Empire. This proved him to be a high quality writer and a very successful person. -
Other works
He published many other worked like The Paper Men. He was criticized very harshly for this work because it was a biography about a novelist. People didn't seem to enjoy this biography as much as his other books. -
Death
He does after a long life of writing many books. He died of congestive heart failure.