quofuit

William Golding

1911 to 1993 11 documented presences 10 places

Quo Fuit places 11 dated presences for William Golding across 10 places, from 1911 to 1993. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place William Golding is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.

Where William Golding was documented, and when

19 September 1911exact date
Marlborough Grammar Schoolattested “Son of Alec Golding, a science master at Marlborough Grammar School (1905 to retirement), and Mildred () William Golding was born on 19 September 1911 at his maternal grandmother's house, 47 Mount Wise, Newquay, Cornwall.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
18 December 1940exact date
HMS Raleigh (shore establishment)attested “There, Golding taught English, philosophy, Greek, and drama until joining the navy on 18 December 1940, reporting for duty at HMS Raleigh.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
1951 to 2008period
Bishop Wordsworth's Schoolattested “In William Golding: A Critical Study (2008), George states that, "Golding experienced two things that he counts the greatest influences on his writing—first, the war and his service in the navy and second, his learning ancient Greek." Wh…” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
1961year
Bishop Wordsworth's Schoolattested “His publishing success made it possible for Golding to resign his teaching post at Bishop Wordsworth's School in 1961, and Golding spent that academic year in the United States as writer-in-residence at Hollins College (now Hollins Unive…” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
1961year
Hollins Universityattested “His publishing success made it possible for Golding to resign his teaching post at Bishop Wordsworth's School in 1961, and Golding spent that academic year in the United States as writer-in-residence at Hollins College (now Hollins Unive…” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
1961year
Roanoke, Virginiaattested “His publishing success made it possible for Golding to resign his teaching post at Bishop Wordsworth's School in 1961, and Golding spent that academic year in the United States as writer-in-residence at Hollins College (now Hollins Unive…” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
1961year
United Statesattested “His publishing success made it possible for Golding to resign his teaching post at Bishop Wordsworth's School in 1961, and Golding spent that academic year in the United States as writer-in-residence at Hollins College (now Hollins Unive…” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
1971year
Switzerlandattested “Golding's first steps towards recovery came from his study of Carl Jung's writings, and in what he called "an admission of discipleship," Golding travelled to Switzerland in 1971 to see Jung's landscapes for himself.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
1985year
Perranarworthalattested “In 1985, Golding and his wife moved to a house called Tullimaar in Perranarworthal, near Truro, Cornwall.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
1985year
Truroattested “In 1985, Golding and his wife moved to a house called Tullimaar in Perranarworthal, near Truro, Cornwall.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
September 1993month
Franceattested “In September 1993, only a few months after his unexpected death, the First International William Golding Conference was held in France.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding

Open Quo Fuit to see these 11 presences on the globe, filter them by date, and follow the journey year by year.

Places William Golding is documented in

Bishop Wordsworth's School2 presences · 1951 to 1961
France1 presence · 1993Switzerland1 presence · 1971United States1 presence · 1961
HMS Raleigh (shore establishment)1 presence · 1940
Hollins University1 presence · 1961
Marlborough Grammar School1 presence · 1911
Perranarworthal1 presence · 1985
Roanoke, Virginia1 presence · 1961
Truro1 presence · 1985

Other places tied to William Golding in the record

In each of these, a source puts William Golding and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that William Golding was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1930year
Brasenose College, Oxfordmentioned “In 1930, Golding went to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he read natural sciences for two years before transferring to English for his final two years.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
1935year
Michael Hall Schoolmentioned “In 1935, Golding took a job teaching English at Michael Hall School, a Steiner-Waldorf school then in Streatham, South London, staying there for two years.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
1935year
Streathammentioned “In 1935, Golding took a job teaching English at Michael Hall School, a Steiner-Waldorf school then in Streatham, South London, staying there for two years.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
April 1940month
Maidstone Grammar Schoolmentioned “After a year in Oxford studying for a Diploma of Education, he became a schoolmaster, teaching English and music at Maidstone Grammar School from 1938 to 1940, before moving to Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury, in April 1940.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
April 1940month
Bishop Wordsworth's Schoolmentioned “After a year in Oxford studying for a Diploma of Education, he became a schoolmaster, teaching English and music at Maidstone Grammar School from 1938 to 1940, before moving to Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury, in April 1940.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
April 1940month
Oxfordmentioned “After a year in Oxford studying for a Diploma of Education, he became a schoolmaster, teaching English and music at Maidstone Grammar School from 1938 to 1940, before moving to Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury, in April 1940.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
November 1944month
Walcherenmentioned “He was also in action at Walcheren in October and November 1944, during which time 10 out of 27 assault craft that went into the attack were sunk.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
1958year
Salisburymentioned “After moving in 1958 from Salisbury to nearby Bowerchalke, Golding met his fellow villager and walking companion James Lovelock.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding
1980year
Australiamentioned “In 1980, Golding published Rites of Passage, the first of his novels about a voyage to Australia in the early nineteenth century.” source: Wikipedia: William Golding

Documented at the same place, the same year

Timothy LearySwitzerland · 1971Omar BongoFrance · 1993Ted BundyThe FBI · 1961Harold MacmillanThe FBI · 1961Pablo CasalsThe FBI · 1961Roger PenroseThe FBI · 1961Pedro Pablo KuczynskiThe FBI · 1961John HarsanyiThe FBI · 1961Gabriele MünterThe FBI · 1961

Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.

How to read this page

Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.

A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured, explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there, mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.

Sources

Sentences quoted from Wikipedia are available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Public domain books come from Project Gutenberg. Quo Fuit claims no rights over these sources.

See William Golding on a 3D globe, filter the record by date, and cross this life with another to find where the two overlap.

Open William Golding on the globe