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Birth
William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. -
Education
After primary school, William went on to attend Brasenose College at Oxford University. -
End of his Education
In 1935, he graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education. -
Early Career
From 1935 to 1939, Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London, paying his bills with a job as a social worker. -
Later years
In 1939, Golding began teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School. That same year, he married Ann Brookfield, with whom he had two children. -
Golding's Novels
The five years Golding spent in the navy (from 1940 to 1945) made an enormous impact, exposing him to the incredible cruelty and barbarity of which humankind is capable. -
Lord of the Flies
In Lord of the Flies, which was published in 1954, Golding combined that perception of humanity with his years of experience with schoolboys. Although not the first novel he wrote, Lord of the Flies was the first to be published after having been rejected by 21 publishers. -
Death
39 years later,Golding died in Cornwall in 1993.