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William is born in Cornwall, England
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He taught at Bishop Wordsworth’s School. He was following in his fathers footsteps and when he was teaching he was influenced to write the novel, Lord of the Flies.
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William Golding marry's Ann Brookfield. They stay married till 1993
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In 1940, Golding leaves his teaching carrer to join the Royal Navy.
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Lord of the Flies is finally published. It had 21 rejections.
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Golding wins the Nobel prize. He wins it because "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today."
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In 1990, a version of Lord of the Flies is in theaters. It gives the book a new perspective and it becomes more popular.
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William Golding dies of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.
