William Golding By victoriahuckkkk Sep 19, 1911 Birth 1930 began attending Brasenose College at Oxford 1935 he graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English 1939 teaching English and Philosophy 1939 worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London From 1935-1939 1940 joined the Royal Navy 1945 five years Golding spent in the navy From 1940-1945 1954 publish first novel "Lord of the Flies" 1961 remained in the teaching position he stayed a teacher but left in 1961 1983 awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature