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William Golding was born on September 19th, 1911.
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William Golding started Marlborough Grammar School at the age of 12
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William Golding went to the University of Oxford, studying English and natural sciences.
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When World War 2 started and William Golding served in it
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William Golding published Lord of the Flies, and it became his most popular book
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William Golding wrote The Inheritors, allowing him to retire from being a teacher to being a full-time writer.
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William Golding won the Nobel Prize in literature
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William Golding gets knighted by Queen Elizabeth
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William Golding's Lord of the Flies got turned into a film
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William Golding died in England at the age of 81