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William Golding was born in Saints Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. His mother, Mildred, was a suffragette and his father, Alex, was a schoolmaster. -
Golding began his college years studying science in deference to his father's beliefs. He did so for two years.
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In his third year of college he decided to switch from science to literature, his true interest.
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Golding's first published work, a book of poetry named "Poetry"
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Golding graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.
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After working around, Golding decided to following in his father's footsteps and become a teacher. He had a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury
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The marriage between Ann Brookfield and William Golding
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For five years Golding was enlisted in the Royal Navy during World War 2
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The first birth of William Golding and Ann Brookfield's children
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The second and final child born from William and Ann
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Golding returned fully to teaching in Bishop Wordsworth's School
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After the publication of his best-known work, "Lord of the Files", Golding was granted membership in the Royal Society of Literature
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While Golding had been writing since his younger days, at age 50 Golding left the school and began writing full time
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Received the honorary designation Commander of the British Empire
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At the age of 73 Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature -
Knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth the Second
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At the age of 81 Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal