Clarence Manning

Clarence Augustus Manning (April 1, 1893 – October 4, 1972) was an American slavicist. and later that year spent three months travelling through Eastern Europe, visiting Slavic countries and Greece.

In 1924 he received the rank of assistant professor, in 1935 became assistant professor of European languages, and in 1947 assistant professor of Slavic languages. In 1948, he received an honorary PhD from the Ukrainian Free University in Munich. He was also a member of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (which today forms part of University College London), Shevchenko Scientific Society and Slavonic Institute of Prague.

In 1952 he became associate professor of Slavic languages. He retired in 1958, but continued publishing until his death in 1972. He was married to Louise Marshall, and had one daughter, Alice Vail.