-
William Golding was born on september 9, 1911 in Saint Collumb Minor, Cornwall, England. His parents were Mildred and Alex Golding, an active suffragette and a schoolmaster.
-
-
In 1934 William Golding wrote his first book entitled Poems. This book was published tduring the summer he year before he graduated.
-
Despite what his father hoped William Golding recieved a degree in English Literature. He then taught English and Philosiphy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury.
-
William Golding married Ann Brookfield. They have two children named David and Judith.
-
William Golding publishes his second book, Lord of the Flies was published in 1954
-
Willaim Golding wins the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was awarded this at the age of 73.
-
In the summer of 1988 William Golding was knighted by the Queen. He was knighted in Buckingham Palace.
-
William Golding died from a heart attack. He was outlived by his wife Ann Brookfield and their twoo children.
