William Golding By wosborne32 Sep 19, 1911 date of birth Mar 8, 1923 age 12 attempted to wright a novel and failes Mar 8, 1935 bishop wordsworths school took a position as a teacher (philosophy) Mar 8, 1939 joined the navy spent 6 years in the navy on a ship Mar 8, 1945 Teacher went back to teaching Mar 8, 1954 lord of the flys after 21 rejections golding published his first nover Mar 8, 1963 retired retired from teaching