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William Golding

By 29 Kyle Meyer

  • Birth

    Birth
    William Golding was born on September 9th, 1911 in Newquay, Cornwall, England.

  • Education

    Education
    William went to Brasenose College in Oxford and he graduated in 1935. He taught at Bishops Woodsworth School.

  • Married

    Married
    William became married to Ann Brookfield who was an analytical chemist.

  • Military Time

    Military Time
    William joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and worked on a destroyer that briefly participated in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day.

  • David Golding

    David Golding
    William and his wife Ann had their first child, David Golding. He was born in September 1940.

  • Judith/Judy

    Judith/Judy
    Judy was William and Ann's second child and was born in July 1945

  • Lord of The Flies Rejected

    Lord of The Flies Rejected
    One of Williams best selling and most influential books, Lord of The Flies was rejected a total of 21 times before being accepted to be published.

  • Lord Of The Flies

    Lord Of The Flies
    William's first published book, Lord of the Flies was published and became loved in Britain and also became loved in America after.

  • Nobel Prize in Literature

    Nobel Prize in Literature
    William Golding won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his parables on the human condition.

  • Death

    Death
    He died on June 19, 1993, at the age of 81 of heart failure.