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Born
Born in Saint Columb Minor,Cornwall,England -
Early Education
William want to Marlborough Grammer school at 12 years old,he attempted ,unsuccessfully, to write a novel -
English teacher and philospher in Bishop
his father hoped he would become a scientest ,but he chose to study English -
WWII Experience
he saw what people was capable of doing -
Royal Navy
He fought battleships at the sinking of the Bismarck ,and also fended off submarines and planes -
Lord of the flies
The novel told the gripping story of a group of adolescent boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck. Lord of the Flies explored the savage side of human nature as the boys, let loose from the constraints of society, brutally turned against one another in the face of an imagined enemy. -
Death
Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.While Golding was mainly a novelist, his works also include poetry, plays, essays and short stories. -
Rites of passagers
The mounting tensions on the ancient, sinking warship where officers, sailors, soldiers and emigrants jostle in the cramped spaces below decks. -
After Death
after he died he was acknowledge for his work -
Legacy
while Golding was mainly a novelist his body of work also includes poetry