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Birth
William Golding was born in Cornwall, England. His mother was a strong supporter of the British suffragette movement. His father was a school teacher and an ardent advocate of rationalism. -
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College
William Golding soon attending Brasenose College at Oxford; studying science for two years due to his fathher's beliefs of him being a scientist. During his third year, he switched up to literature program for his true interest. -
Graduation
Graduated at Brasenose college in Oxford. WIth a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education. He took a job as a teacher teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. -
Love
William Golding started teaching practice at Bishop Wordsworth’s School,in Salisbury. Around September he took a post at Maidstone Grammar School and met Ann Brookfield; both falling in love. -
Royal Navy
William Golding was married a year earlier and now has a son. Though William Golding loved teaching; he had abandoned it temporarliy to join the Royal Navy to fight in World War 2. -
Lord of the Flies
William Golding's novel "Lord of the Flies" was published. He had combined the novel with the perception of humanity and his year experinces with schoolboys. Lord of the Flies was the first to be ever published after being rejected 21 publishers. -
Writing
After spending 5 years in the Royal Navy, William Golding came back to his teaching postion. William Golding left Bishop Wordsworth's School to write full time. -
Nobel Prize
At the age of 73, William Golding had been awarded with a Nobel Prize for Literature. For his novels that illuminate the human conditions in the world of today and many other reasons in his novels. -
Knighted
William Golding was knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth ll. William Golding was pleased to be knighted and affected his wife's status. -
Death
William Golding after retirng was lived quietly with his wife while writing. William Golding soon died of a heart attack. His last manuscrpit was published.
