William Gerald Golding was born on the 19th of September 1911 in Newquay and died on June 19th 1993 in Perranarworthal. He was in the Royal Navy,William received his early education at the school his father ran, Marlborough Grammar School. When William was just 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel. A frustrated child, he found an outlet in bullying his peers. Later in life, William would describe his childhood self as a brat, even going so far as to say, “I enjoyed hurting people.” After college, Golding worked in settlement houses and the theatre for a time. Eventually, he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps. In 1935 Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. Golding’s experience teaching unruly young boys would later serve as inspiration for his novel Lord of the Flies.  The book ‘Coral Island’  William Golding influenced him to make this book. We can tell this by the similarities as both books are based on an island. He used the names like Jack and Ralph, so we can obviously see that he is using Coral island as influence.