Clarence Augustus Manning (April 1, 1893 – October 4, 1972)[1][2] was an American slavicist.
[1] He worked for 43 years at the Columbia University in New York,[2] eventually being appointed chairman of the Department of Slavic Studies.
[1] Clarence received his bachelor's degree at the Columbia University in 1912 and master's in 1913.
[2] In 1922, he became acting head of the department of Slavic languages in absence of John Dyneley Prince,[3] and later that year spent three months travelling through Eastern Europe, visiting Slavic countries and Greece.
[2] 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.