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William Golding was born in Cornwall, England
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His mother was Mildred Golding, father ; Alec Golding ; Brother Joseph and his wife Anne Brookfield (M.1939-1993)
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William Golding began attending Brasenose Collage in oxford in 1930 and spend 2 years studying in science
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In1935 he graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.
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from 1935 to 1939 Golding worked as a writed actor and a producer with a small theater job on the side
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He fought on board a destroyer and was briefly involved in the pursuit and sinking of the German battle ship Bismark. He also participated in the in invasion of Normandy on D-Day.
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from 1940 to 1945 he was in the military for the United States. During World War two Golding was lieutenant in the royal navy and in command of a small rocket ship.
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Judy Carver was born in malborough, Wiltshire, in 1945. She studied english at the University of the Sussex and St.Annes Collage, Oxford. David Golding, williams son and Judys brother.
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Lord of the Flies was publish in 1954. It was the first book he had wrote to have published and he was rejected 21 times before it was ever published.
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On june 19, 1993 at 81 years old, Golding died of a heart attack from heavily drinking. In Perranarworthal, cornwall. His wife Ann died in 1995 just 2 years later.
