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Born
William Gerald Golding was born in Cornwall, England, in 1911. His mother, Mildred, was a strong supporter of the British suffragette movement. And his father, Alec, was a schoolteacher and advocate of rationalism. -
School
Golding began attending Brasenose College at Oxford in 1930 and spent two years studying science, in deference to his father's beliefs.In his third year, however, he switched to the literature program, following his true interests -
Graduation
In 1935, he graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education. -
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Writer
From 1935 to 1939, Golding worked 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. He considered the theater his strongest literary influence -
Teaching
n 1939, Golding began teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School -
Married
In 1939, he married Ann Brookfield, with whom he had two children. -
Lord of the Flies published
In Lord of the Flies, which was published in 1954, Golding combined that perception of humanity with his years of experience with schoolboys -
Leaves teaching to write full time
With the exception of five years he spent in the Royal Navy during World War II, he remained in the teaching position until 1961 when he left Bishop Wordsworth's School to write full time. -
Death
Golding died in Cornwall in 1993.