Background
King, Adele Cockshoot was born on July 28, 1932 in Omaha. Daughter of Ralph Waldo and Thera Cecil (Brown) Cockshoot.
King, Adele Cockshoot was born on July 28, 1932 in Omaha. Daughter of Ralph Waldo and Thera Cecil (Brown) Cockshoot.
Bachelor, University Iowa, 1954. Master of Arts, University Leeds, England, 1960. Doctorate in French Literature, University Paris, 1970.
Lecturer in French University Ibadan, Nigeria, 1963-1965, University Lagos, Nigeria, 1967-1970. Reader in French Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, 1973-1976. Professor French Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1986—2003, chairman department foreign languages, 1991-1994.
Visiting associate professor University Missouri, Columbia, 1976-1977, member editorial board research in African Literature, 2003^.
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Member Modern Language Association, Association Drs. of Universities of France (vice president since 1991), American Comparative Literature Association, Society des Etudes Camusiennes, American Association Teachers French, Marguerite Yourcenar Society, Women in French (secretary 1988-1992, vice president since 1996, editor Women in French Studies since 1996).
Married Bruce Alvin King, December 28, 1955. 1 child, Nicole Michelle.