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William Golding

By simone0

  • Birth

    He was born in Saint Columb minor. Raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard. His mother, Mildred, was an active suffragette. His father, Alex, was a schoolmaster.

  • William's education

    William received his education at Marlborough Grammar School at age 12, the school was one his father ran. During that time he attempted to write a novel but failed.

  • College years

    He chose to study English literature in his college years. A year before graduation he would publish a book of poetry called poems.

  • Teaching

    After jobs in settlement houses and theatres he took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. Teaching unruly boys serve as inspiration for the novel Lord of the Flies.

  • Navy

    In 1940 Golding temporarily joined the Royal Navy and fight in World War II. Even though he had his teaching job he could have done.

  • Return to the classroom

    In 1945 when the war ended he returned to the classroom. He was still a teacher after the war he had gone through.

  • Time in Navy

    He spent six years on a boat, except for seven-months in New York, where he helped Lord Cherwell at the Naval Research Establishment. He was still in the navy at the time of this.

  • Lord of the flies

    Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. Although he had been rejected 21 times before this. He released it in 1954

  • Knighting

    In 1988 he had become knighted. the one who knighted him was England’s Queen Elizabeth II.

  • Death

    On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. One of his manuscripts was published after his death. it was called The Double Tongue