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Birth
He was born on September 19th, 1911 to Alec Golding and Mildred Golding in Newquay Cornwall England. -
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Going to Brasenose college
William Golding went to college for natural sciences midway in this major after two years William Golding switches to an English major. -
William Golding Book of Poems
William Golding writes and publishes his very first book with the help of his Oxford anthroposophist friend Adam Bittleston. -
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Teaching before and up to the war
After going to college William Golding became a teacher first at Michael Hall School a Steiner-Waldorf that at the time was in Streetham South London staying there for two years then William Goldburg had two more jobs as an English teacher before joining the Navy. -
Marrige
In 1939 William Golding married Ann Brookfield. -
The First Child
Before William went off to war he had a son in September 1940. -
The War
William Golding stopped teaching for a time to serve in the military as a Navy sailor and returned to teaching after the war in 1945. -
The Second Child
In 1945 five years after his first child William Golding had his second child a daughter named Judy. -
Lord of the Flies
On September 17th, 1954 William Golding released one of his most well-known books ever called the Lord of the Flies. -
Death
On June 19th, 1993 William Golding passed away due to congestive heart failure leaving behind one draft of an unpublished book called The Double Tongue.