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William Golding was born in Newquay, United Kingdom at his grandparent's house. His parents are Mildred and Alec Golding. He had one older brother named Joseph Golding. -
William had a frustrating childhood which led him to bully his peers. -
Willam Golding was educated at Marlborough Grammar School. Golding went to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he graduated in 1935. He did natural science for his first 2 years and English literature for his final 2 years. -
Golding became a teacher he spent two years teaching at a Steiner school in Streatham, South London. -
When William Golding and Ann Brookfield met they were both engaged to different people. After only 5 months of meeting, they got married. -
Golding left teaching to join the Royal Navy in 1940. Golding participated in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, commanding a landing craft that fired salvoes of rockets onto the beaches. -
On September 1st 1940 Williams first son David Golding was born -
On July 1st Ann and William's second child, Judith Golding was born -
William Golding released Lord of the Flies. It took him 6 years to write. -
William Golding died of heart failure in his home in Tullimaar, Perranarworthal, United Kingdom.