Note: Born on the 22nd January of 1942 Emeritus Professor of French Literature, Department of French and Italian, University of Texas, Austin (2012?) --BNF.fr (National Library of France) Wikidata cites Contemporary Authors for date of birth 1942-01-22 and place of birth Rochester, New York. BNF.fr (National Library of France) gives PoB Rochester, New York, for Carleton W. Carroll, Kibler's co-translator of Chrétien de Troyes, and no PoB for Kibler. Among numerous national libraries at VIAF, the Dutch NTA alone (May 2022) gives full name William Westcott Kibler.