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In Saint Columb Minor Cornwall, England. He was born to Mildred and Alex Golding. Mildred was an active suffragette who fought for womens right to vote. His father was a schoolmaster.
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In 1935 Willima decided to take on teaching an English and Philosophy class at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury
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He had been very passionete about teaching but in 1940 Golding went to the royal navy to sail the seas. During WW II he fought in a battleship, he learned a lot form those years
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After the end of WWII in 1945 Golding went back to his job theaching English
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in 1954 after 21 rejections Golding had finnaly published his first and most acclaimed novel Lord of the Flies
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One year after Golding retired from teaching Peter Brook made a movie adaptation of the crittically acclaimed novel
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At the age of 73 Golding was awared the Nobel Prize for liturature
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In 1988 Golding was knightted by Englands Queen Elizabeth II.
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Golding spent his last years of his life living quietly with his wife Ann Brookefield and then on June 19th 1993 William Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall
