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He was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. His mother, Mildred, was an active suffragette who fought for women’s right to vote. His father, Alex, worked as a schoolmaster.
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Golding began attending Brasenose College at Oxford. He spent two years studying science. He switched to the literature program, following his true interests.
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He started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury.
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Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London, paying his bills with a job as a social worker.
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He married Ann Brookfield, with whom he had two children.
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He temporarily left teaching to join the Royal Navy.
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He published his first novel, Lord of the Flies.
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He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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He was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
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He died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England. He died of a heart attack. He was survived by his wife and their two children, David and Judith.
