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Born in England to Alec Golding and Mildred Golding along with his only brother Joseph Golding.
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A year before he graduated he published his first work, a book of poetry called entitled poems
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Started teaching English Philosophy in Salisbury
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Left teaching to join the Royal Navy; the Royal Navy is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. While in the Royal Navy, Golding developed a lifelong romance with sailing and the sea.
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After World War 2 ended he went back to teaching
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Published his first novel called "Lord of the Flies" Golding was living in Salisbury with his wife Ann, and two children, David and Judy.
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Golding retired from teaching but his book writing didn't stop.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
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Knighted by the England's Queen Elizabeth the second in her Birthday Honors List. Golding was among several hundred of the monarch's subjects who were rewarded for notable contributions to public life, from treating the injured at an IRA bombing in Enniskillen.
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New film version of his novel was released in black and white.
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Death. In 1985, Golding and his wife moved to Tullimaar House at Perranarworthal, near Truro, Cornwall. He died of heart failure eight years later on 19 June 1993.
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"The Double Tongue", it was found in draft form after his death and published posthumously.
