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William Golding

By KENDALL MULLINS

  • William Golding's birth

    William Golding's birth
    William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in St. Columb Minor, near Newquay, Cornwall, England.

  • Graduation

    Graduation
    William Golding took a second-class degree in English in 1934 and gained a Diploma in Education in 1937; he became a teacher.

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Golding was engaged to Molly Evans, a woman from Marlborough, who was well-liked by both of his parents. However, he broke off the engagement and married Ann Brookfield, an analytical chemist, on September 30, 1939.

  • First child was born.

    First child was born.
    David is William and Ann's firstborn child who was born September 1940.

  • Enlists in the millatary

    Enlists in the millatary
    For several years William worked as a teacher before enlisting in the British Navy in 1940. Golding took part in several battles during World War II, and his wartime experiences are reflected in several of his novels.

  • Second child is born.

    Second child is born.
    Judith is William and Ann's second child, she was born July 1945.

  • The publishing of the Lord of the Flies.

    The publishing of the Lord of the Flies.
    After World War II, William Golding began working on the Lord of the Flies novel, which was published in 1954 after several rejections. The book was widely read throughout the world, and today it continues to be a work that has inspired popular culture in several ways.

  • Retirement

    Retirement
    William Golding retired from teaching in 1962. After that, he lived in Wiltshire, listing his recreations as music, sailing, archaeology, and classical Greek.

  • Awards

    Awards
    Oxford awarded William the degree of Honorary Doctor of Letters in June 1983, four months before he won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

  • Death

    Death
    William Golding died of heart failure on the 19th of June 1993 at the age of 81 years old.