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William Golding

By BatistaMJ

  • Birth

    Birth
    William Gerald Golding was born in Cornwall, England, in 1911.

  • Attends Brasenose College

    Attends Brasenose College
    Golding began attending Brasenose College at Oxford in 1930

  • Graduates

    In 1935, he graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.

  • Worked as a Writer, Actor, and Producer

    Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London

  • Teaching

    In 1939, Golding began teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School

  • Married

    He married Ann Brookfield in 1939 and had two children

  • Royal Navy

    Royal Navy
    Golding spent five years in the navy, from 1940 to 1945

  • Lord of the Flies Published

    Lord of the Flies Published
    After 21 rejections, William Golding publisjed his first novel, Lord of the Flies.

  • Left Teaching to Write

    In 1961, he left Bishop Wordsworth's School to write full time.

  • Film Version of Lord of the Flies

    In 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of Lord of the Flies.

  • Death

    Death
    He died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.