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William Golding

  • Birth

    Birth

    William Golding was born in Newquay, Cornwall, England and his parents were Alec Golding and Mildred Golding
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    Academics

    William Golding went to Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School and went to college at Brasenose College
  • Careers

    Careers

    William golding has many jobs which wereactor, schoolteacher, and Royal Navy officer
  • More careers

    More careers

    William wasn't just an author; he was also a teacher at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury.
  • First book

    First book

    Willima golding was a talented writer and had everyone excited because his first book was Lord of the Flies.
  • Others

    Others

    William was alive around the time D-Day happened, which was very tragic , but he did in fact survive
  • Navy

    Navy

    William also joined the Navy in World War 2 and he was a Royal Navy and he had helped bomb places for the war
  • Awards

    Awards

    William Golding was a well-known author after winning the Booker Prize 1980
    Nobel Prize in Literature 1983
  • Family

    Family

    William Golding had his two parents, Alec Golding and Mildred Golding. William only had one sibling, Joseph Golding, and he was married to Mildred Golding and had one kid, and her name was Judy Carver
  • Death

    Death

    William Golding unfortunately died at the age of 81 due to heart failure but he died with outstanding awards and had done his time to save our country