The Life of William Golding

By kendallcoopa16
  • Birth

    Birth

    william was born september 19, 1911. He was born in cornwall england

  • novel attempt

    williams first attempt at writting a novel was at age 12. This attempt hovever, wasa unsuccsessful

  • Schooling

    Golding attended Brasenose college in Oxford in 1930. There, he got degrees in philosophy and english

  • careers

    during this time golding had many different careers.he worked as an actor, writter, and producer.

  • Teaching

    Golding began teaching in the year 1939. He taught english and philosophy.

  • NAVY

    William enlisted in the navy during world war 2. golding was a lieutenant, and commanded a rocket-launching craft

  • lord of the flies

    In 1954, william published lord of the flies. It took william 21 tries before this could take place

  • retired

    golding retired from teaching.

  • new film

    new version of "lord of the flies" film is produced. This lets a new age of fans get interested.

  • death

    Golding dies of a heart attack. He died in his place of birth, Cornwall England.