-
He was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
-
WIlliam Golding studied science in Brasenose college in Oxford.
-
He married an analytic chemist, Ann Brookfield. He had two children, Judith, and David.
-
William Golding joined the Navy in 1940 and took place in the battle of Normandy.
-
He taught english in Bishop Wordsworth School, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
-
He publishes his first book Lord of the Flies
-
He won the nobel peace prize in 1983 for his book Lord of the Flies.
-
He died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England