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William Golding was born on September 19 1911 at Newquay, Cornwall, England
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William was a frustrated child he liked to bully his peers and many people called him a brat. -
William Golding Went to
Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School -
William Golding started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury in 1935. -
Golding was engaged to Molly Evans, a woman from Marlborough, who was well liked by both of his parents. However, he broke off the engagement and married Ann Brookfield, an analytical chemist, on 30 September 1939. -
He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy. -
Took part in the action that saw the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck, and commanded a rocket-launching craft during the invasion of France in 1944. -
In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies. -
After the war he resumed teaching at Bishop Wordsworth's until 1961. -
William Golding passed away on June 19 1993