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William Golding was born on September 19, 1911 to Mildred and Alex Golding in Cornwall, England (Biography).
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William Golding's father was a schoolmaster and as a result, Golding received his early education from the school his father was in charge of (Biography).
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William Golding attended Brasenose College starting in 1930 and followed his father's wishes by studying science. He studied science for two years but would switch to literature in year three (Cliffnotes).
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William Golding would attend Brasenose College at Oxford University to study English literature after finishing primary school and published his first book titled, "Poems" in 1934 (Biography).
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William Golding graduated from Oxford in 1935 with a bachelor degree in English before he would begin his teaching career (Cliffnotes).
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William Golding became an English and philosophy teacher at Bishop Wordsworth's School in 1935 (Biography).
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William Golding married Ann Brookfield in 1939. They would go on to have two children named David and Judith (Biography).
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William Golding left his job as a teacher to join the Royal Navy in 1940 and fought in World War II where he was exposed to the evil that men were capable of. This departure from teaching would be temporary and he would return after the war (Biography).
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After World War II ended in 1945, William Golding left the Royal Navy. William Golding returned teaching and writing after his time with the Royal Navy (Biography).
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William Golding published "Lord of the Flies" in 1954 after many rejections. His novel would go on to become a classic as well as his most acclaimed book (Biography).
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William Golding retired from teaching in 1962 and the next year a film adaptation of "Lord of the Flies" was made by Peter Brook (Biography).
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William Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature when he was 73 years old (Biography).
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William Golding died on June 19, 1993 in Cornwall due to a heart attack. Golding died with his wife Ann Brookfield in their house near Falmouth, Cornwall (Biography).
