Clarence Manning
American slavicist (1893–1972)
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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] He published a number of studies on Slavic languages, countries and people, as well as translations of important Slavic works of literature, and was a pioneer in opening the field of study of Slavic peoples in the U.S. beyond the dominance of Russian studies of the times.[1]
Clarence Augustus Manning | |
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Clarence Augustus Manning | |
| Born | April 1, 1893 New York City, US |
| Died | October 4, 1972 (aged 79) |
| Burial place | Saint Paul's Church Cemetery, Mount Vernon |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupations | Professor, translator, slavist, writer |
| Employer | Columbia University |
| Title | Professor |
Clarence received his bachelor's degree at the Columbia University in 1912 and master's in 1913.[2] During First World War, he worked in the intelligence police corps of the translation section of the Military Intelligence Division, having rank of sergeant.[2] In 1915 he received his PhD,[2] then became a lecturer in Slavic languages in 1917 and an instructor in 1921.[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.[4]
In 1924 he received the rank of assistant professor,[2] in 1935 became assistant professor of European languages,[2] and in 1947 assistant professor of Slavic languages.[2] In 1948, he received an honorary PhD from the Ukrainian Free University in Munich.[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.[2]
In 1952 he became associate professor of Slavic languages.[2] He retired in 1958,[2] but continued publishing until his death in 1972. He was married to Louise Marshall, and had one daughter, Alice Vail.[2]
Bibliography
- A study of archaism in Euripides (1916)
- Professionalism in Greek athletics (1917)
- Birds of Heaven, and Other Stories by Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (1919)
- Dostoyevsky and Modern Russian Literature (1922)
- An anthology of Czechoslovak poetry (1929)
- Marko, The King's Son: Hero of The Serbs (1932)
- Ivan Franko (1937)
- Karel Čapek (1941)
- Ukrainian Literature: Studies Of The Leading Authors (1944, reprinted in 1971)
- Taras Shevchenko: Selected Poems (1945)
- Soldier of Liberty, Casimir Pulaski (1945)
- The Axis satellites and Greece, our ally (1946)
- The Story of the Ukraine (1947): online
- Outline of Ukrainian History (1949, second edition 1964)
- Spirit of Flame: Lesya Ukrainka (1950), editor
- Twentieth Century Ukraine (1951)
- The Siberian Fiasco (1952)
- The Forgotten Republics (1952)
- Russian Influence On Early America (1953)
- The Rays of the Microcosm (1953)
- Ukraine Under the Soviets (1953): online
- Bellerophon: N. J. Spyropoulos (1955)
- A History of Slavic studies in the United States (1957)
- Hetman of Ukraine: Ivan Mazeppa (1957)
- Manning, Clarence A.; Smal-Stocki Roman (1960). The History Of Modern Bulgarian Literature. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishers – via Internet Archive.
- Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopedia (1963), contributor—Volodymyr Kubijovyc, editor
