William Golding By Conner Wesselman Sep 19, 1911 Birth Of William Golding Sep 18, 1921 Started middle school at Marlborough Grammar School Sep 18, 1930 William golding went to college at oxford university Dec 1, 1940 William wentto fight in the navy Sep 2, 1945 They won the war while he was in the royal navy Sep 19, 1954 Went back to teaching at Bishop Wordsworth's School Sep 19, 1961 started writing books Sep 19, 1983 winning the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage and receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983. Sep 14, 1988 He retired from teaching, lived a quiet life in Cornwall, and was knighted in 1988 Jul 19, 1993 death of william golding.
