William Golding

  • Birth

    Birth

    Born in Cornwall, England. Father was an anti-religious teacher.
  • Schooling

    Schooling

    Marlbrough grammar school tried book writing at age 12 Oxford Science for two years and three years in English literature Liked Shakespeare when he was 7 bullied kids
  • Teacher

    Teacher

    Taught English and Philosophy in Salisbury from 1935-1940
  • Married and Kids

    Married and Kids

    Got married to Ann Brookfield
  • Navy/WW2

    Navy/WW2

    Five years in Royal Navy during ww2 learned how bad humans were
  • After War

    After War

    Taught until 1963, wrote lord of the flies, constantly rejected (21 times)
  • Book Published

    Book Published

    Lord of the Flies finally published
  • Movie

    Movie

    Lord of the Flies movie came out.
  • Death

    Death

    Died in 1993