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Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
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A year before he had graduated, he published his first work, a book of poetry that was entitled, Poems. The collection had been largely overlooked by critics.
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Taught English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. His experience with teaching young boys had later inspired his novel, Lord of the Flies.
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Had temporarily left teaching at this time. He also fought in World War II. He spent six years on a boat. He fought battleships, submarines, and planes.
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He had went back to teaching and writing.
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Published his first novel, Lord of the Flies. It took him 21 rejections to finally get it published.
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It had been a year he retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film of the novel.
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He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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He was knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth II.
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Died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England. He died of a heart attack. Before he passed he had a completed manuscript for The Double Tongue, that was later published.
