William Golding By emmaandolivia Sep 19, 1911 Birth 1930 Attended Oxford 1934 Got degree in English 1938 Began teaching English and Music in Schools Sep 30, 1939 Married Ann Brookfield 1940 Birth of son David 1940 Joined the Royal Navy 1945 Birth of daughter Judith 1954 Published Lord of the Flies 1979 Won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 1980 Won the Booker Prize 1983 Won the Nobel Prize for Literature Jun 19, 1993 Death