William Goldings Life

By abbigayle1
  • Birth

    Birth

    He was born in Cornwall, England. He was raised in the 14th century with two activistic parent's.
  • College

    College

    William Golding began college in 1930 and studied science for two years. He went to Brasenose college in Oxford for.
  • Start of teaching

    Start of teaching

    He started teaching in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth. The subject he taught was philopsphy.
  • Graduated College

    Graduated College

    William Golding graduated college in 1935. He earned a Bachelor's of Arts in English and an Educational diploma.
  • Marriage

    Marriage

    In 1939 before his temporary leave to help the royal navy he got married. His lovely wife's name was Ann Brookfield.
  • Helping the Royal Navy

    Helping the Royal Navy

    In 1940 Golding stopped teaching and returned after the war in 1945. He stopped in order to helped the Royal Navy in World War II.
  • Publication of His Work

    Publication of His Work

    Golding was able to get his book "Lord of the Flies" published. This was an enormous success especially after the many rejections he received.
  • End of teaching

    End of teaching

    He ended his teaching career in order to start working on his writing full time.
  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize

    In 1938 William Golding was awarded a Nobel Prize in literature due to his work, "Lord of The Flies."
  • Death

    Death

    Golding died in June of 1993 in Cornwall. He died due to a heart attack.