James C. King earned his B.A. (1949), M.A. (1950), and Ph.D. (1954) from The George Washington University ( GW) and is Professor Emeritus of German. As a student he was prepared in linguistics by Professor Edward H. Sehrt, who taught at GW from 1925-1953, serving as Professor of German and Chairman of the Germanic Languages and Literature Department. After teaching French, German, and Latin at the St. Albans School for Boys in Washington, He joined the faculty of GW in 1955. He became Professor Emeritus in 1991. In 1960-1961 he collaborated with Siegfried H. Muller of Adelphi University in establishing and directing the Languages-of-the-World Archives under a contract with the U.S. Office of Education. In 1962 He was appointed deputy member of the Committee on International Exchange of Persons. After retirement, Dr. King donated the official two millionth volume to the Gelman Library in 2001. The volume, An Illustrated Atlas; Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the United States, and the Adjacent Countries by T.G. Bradford dates from 1838 and shows the individual states, territories, and major cities of the United States, with maps of Canada and the West Indies.
From the description of James C. King papers, 1837-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646863490
