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Date of Birth
William Golding was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England to Mildred and Alec Golding. Mildred, mother, was an active suffragist for woman's rights. Alec, was the schoolmaster of Marlborough Grammar School. (www.biography.com) -
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Early Childhood and Schooling
Golding attended his father's primary school and received his early education there. As a child he was frustrated and thus took to bullying his peers.
Golding's father, Alec, was a rationalist and wanted his son to focus on the sciences. (www.biography.org) -
First Book
Golding attempts, unsuccessfully, to write his first novel at age 12. (www.biography.com) -
College
Golding begins attending Brasenose College at Oxford. He focused on Natural science for 2 years before he abandoned his father's wishes and began to study English literature instead.
He graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1934.
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Teaching
Golding begins to teach English and Philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury where he taught young boys. (www.biography.com) -
Marriage
Married Ann Golding. They had two children, Davis (b.1940) and Judith (b.1945). (www.biography.com) -
Royal Navy.
Golding joins the Royal Navy in the beginning of WWII. There he is exposed to the cruelty and savagery of the human nature.
He continues his service until the war ends in 1945.
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Lord of the flies
After Golding approached multiple publishers, the book Lord of the Flies was published by Fable and Fable (www.william-golding.co.uk) -
The Inheritor
Golding publishes The Inheritors. The book outlines the struggle between a powerful story between Neanderthals and modern humans. (www.william-golding.co.uk) -
Retirement
Golding retires from teaching. -
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Death
