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William Gerald Golding was born in Cornwall, England, in 1911.
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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.
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William Golding started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury in 1935.
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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.
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He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy.
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In 1945, after World War II had ended, Golding went back to teaching and writing.
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In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies.
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In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
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Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.
