William Golding

By AbreuJA

  • Born

    William gerald golding was born in england, 1911

  • early school

    William received his early education at the school his father ran, Marlborough Grammar School.

  • College

    Golding spent two years studing science at brasenose college located in oxford. and in his third year he switched his studies to the literuture program

  • Graduation

    golding graduates from colledge with a bachelor of arts in english and a diploma in education.

  • Teaching

    Golding starts his career in teaching like his father did . he teached at bishop wordsworths school.in salsbury

  • royal army

    he was a litenuiet and was even placed in command of a rocket-launching craft.

  • back to teaching

    at the end of ww2 golding decided to return back to teaching and writing.

  • lord of the flies

    lord of the flies is published. it is his first and most acclamied novel.

  • retires

    golding retires from teaching and lives with his wife near falmouth, cornwall. where he continued to toil in his writing.

  • nobel prize

    at the age of 73 golding was rewarded the nobel prize for literature.

  • Knighted

    goldiing is knighted by queen elizabeth the second.

  • the movie

    A new film version of the lord of the flies was released, it brang alot of attention of a new generation of readers.

  • Death

    golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, cornwall