![]() ![]() He saw action against battleships (at the sinking of the Bismarck), submarines and aircraft. Joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and spent six years afloat, except for seven months in New York and six months helping Lord Cherwell at the Naval Research Establishment. ![]() Taught at Bishop Wordsworth’s School, Salisbury. After two years at Oxford he read English literature instead, and became devoted to Anglo-Saxon. He was brought up to be a scientist, but revolted. His father was a schoolmaster and his mother was a suffragette. Apart from writing, his past and present occupations include being a schoolmaster, a lecturer, an actor, a sailor, and a musician. W illiam Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911 and was educated at Marlborough Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford. Share via Email: William Golding – Biographical Share this content via Email.Share on LinkedIn: William Golding – Biographical Share this content on LinkedIn.Tweet: William Golding – Biographical Share this content on Twitter.Share on Facebook: William Golding – Biographical Share this content on Facebook. ![]()
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