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Golding Is Born
William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. His mother named Mildred and his schoolmaster father was named Alex. -
Golding Teaches
Golding decides to follow his fathers footsteps and end up becoming an English teacher. Golding also taught philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. Golding’s experience teaching young brats helped give him the background for making Lord of the Flies. -
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Golding's Jobs
From 1935 to 1939, Golding was able to work as a producer for a small theater, an actor, and a writer. He was able to pay his bills from being a socal worker. -
Golding Marries
Golding married Ann Brookfield, an analytic chemist on 30 September. He then had two children named Judith and David. -
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Golding Joins the Royal Navy
During World War II, he fought battleships and warded of airplanes an submarines. He was also in charge of the rocket launching craft. Golding spent 6 years doing this. -
Golding Publishes Lord of the Flies
Golding used his knowledge and experience of being around schoolboys when he taught them to help create this book. Lord of the Flies was the first to be published after having been rejected by 21 publishers -
Golding's Membership
Lord of the Flies gave Golding worldwide recognition. Golding was then granted shortly afterward membership in the Royal Society of Literature in 1955. -
Golding Publishes Rites of Passage
After publishing this famous novel, it won the Booker Prize, a prestigious award in Britian. -
Golding's Prize
Golding is awarded the Nobel Prize in 1983. He was given this due to his seemingly realistic and narrative art of diversity, -
Golding's Death
Golding died in Cornwall on 1993. The cause of death was a heart attack which he was then saved by his wife and two children.
