William Golding

  • Born

    Born

    William Golding was born in Cornwall, England. His parents were Alec Golding and Mildred Golding and he had a brother Joseph Golding.
  • Education

    Education

    He attended Brasenose College in Oxford in 1930.
    Golding studied science for 2 years then switched to literature.
  • Career

    Career

    Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer. He would pay his bills by working as a social worker.
  • Further career

    Further career

    He started to teach english and philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School.
  • Love life

    Love life

    He married Ann Brookfield he ended up having two children with her
  • Published book

    Published book

    After World War II, he began working on the Lord of the Flies novel, which was published in 1954
  • Death

    Death

    William Golding died at 81 due to a congestive heart failure.