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Born is Cornwall, England by mother named Mildred and father Alec.
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AttendedBrasenose College at Oxford where he speant two years studying science, in difference to his father's beliefs. in his third year he switched into literature programs.
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First published work was a book of poetry aptly etitled poems.
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wroked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London, paying his bills with a job as a social worker
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Graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.
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Married Ann Broofield
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Took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury.
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Temporarily abandoned the profession to join the Royal Navy developing a lifelong romance with sailing and the sea
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after world war 2 ended he went back to teaching and writing.
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Published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. it was rejected 21 times before it was published, he combined the percentage of humanity with his years od experience with schoolboys
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like the novel, lord of the Flies, it concerns survival after shipwreck during world war 2.
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Not like his first 3 novels, inspired by Dante's love poems
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retired form teaching
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a book where he addresses the issues of faith
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Provides an examination of English social class within the contexr of a town named stilboure.
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Each story explores the negative repercusions of technological progress
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his greatest honor
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Knighted by Queen Elizabeth ll
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the film production of lord of the flies brought more attention to his book
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died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.
