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Birth
William Gerald Golding was born in Cornwall, England to Alec and Mildred Golding. -
Brasenose College at Oxford
Golding began attending his first years of college at Brasenose in Oxford, against his father's wishes. Shortly after two years of studying science, he chose to transition to his true calling, literature. -
College Graduation
Golding graduated from Oxford University after five years of study. He received both a Bachelor of the Arts in English and a diploma in education. -
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Social Work and Community Theater
Throughout this timespan, Golding lived in London and worked as a social worker. This profession was only to pay the bills, but his true calling was the arts. Partnering with a small theater nearby, he wrote plays and other works, produced, and acted. -
Career and Marriage
Golding began teaching English and Philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. This same year, he married Ann Brookfield, the mother of his two children. -
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Service in the Royal Navy
Golding spent his five years serving the Royal Navy, which were as he recalls, some of the most impactful years of his life. The cruelty and gruesome truth of the war led to some of his later works concerning his war time events. Many of them dealt with the conflicts that exist between mankind and the nature of evil. -
Publication of "The Lord of the Flies"
"The Lord of the Flies" was the first novel of Golding's published after being turned down by 20 plus other publishers. This was one of many books that Golding wrote on the nature of humanity. -
Literary Career
After many years, Golding gave up his teaching career to follow his true passion of writing novels and other literary works. Many of his works at this point covered his years out war and views on evil and humanity as a whole. -
Death
William Gerald Golding died in 1993, in Cornwall.