# Kenneth Manning

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{{short description|American academic professor and author (born 1947)}}
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'''Kenneth R. Manning''' (born December 11, 1947) is an American academic professor and [author](/source/author). He is currently the Thomas Meloy Professor of Rhetoric and of the History of Science at the [Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology).

==Early life and education==
Born in [Dillon, South Carolina](/source/Dillon%2C_South_Carolina) and educated in local schools, Manning eventually moved to [North Haven, Connecticut](/source/North_Haven%2C_Connecticut), soon afterwards. Manning entered [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) in 1966 and completed his [Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) in 1970, his [Master of Arts (M.A.)](/source/Master_of_Arts) in 1971, and his [Ph.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mit.edu/sts/people/manning.html|title = Home}}</ref> His dissertation, ''The Emergence of the Weierstrassian Approach To Complex Analysis'', was supervised by [I. Bernard Cohen](/source/I._Bernard_Cohen).<ref>{{mathgenealogy|id=154504}}</ref>

While he was doing his graduate studies, Manning helped guide fellow Dillon native [Ben Bernanke](/source/Ben_Bernanke), who would eventually become the Chairman of the [Federal Reserve](/source/Federal_Reserve), to apply to Harvard.  He helped assuage the Bernanke family, who were concerned that Ben would "lose his Jewish identity" if he went to Harvard, that "there were Jews in Boston."<ref>David Wessel, ''In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic'' (New York: Crown Business, 2009), p. 70.</ref>

==Career==
Manning has been on the faculty at MIT since 1974.

Manning's 1983 book, ''[Black Apollo of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett Just](/source/Black_Apollo_of_Science%3A_The_Life_of_Ernest_Everett_Just)'', depicts the life and career of [Ernest Everett Just](/source/Ernest_Everett_Just), who was born in [Charleston, South Carolina](/source/Charleston%2C_South_Carolina) and went on to become a world-famous biologist. Manning won several awards for the book and was a finalist for the [Pulitzer Prize](/source/Pulitzer_Prize) in Biography. Manning was also inducted into the [Order of the Palmetto](/source/Order_of_the_Palmetto) by former South Carolina governor, [Richard Riley](/source/Richard_Riley). Manning's other writings have appeared in numerous scholarly publications. He is currently working on a book manuscript that examines health care for African Americans and the role and experience of blacks in the American medical profession from 1860 until 1980.

==Bibliography==
*Kenneth R. Manning (September 1983) ''Black Apollo of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett Just''. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-503299-4}}
*Kenneth R. Manning (September 1991) ''MIT: Shaping the Future''. The MIT Press. {{ISBN|978-0-262-63141-9}}
*Kenneth R. Manning, Bayla Singer Asa J. Davis (1995) ''Blueprint for Change: The Life and Times of Lewis H. Latimer''. Queens Borough Public Library. {{ISBN|978-0-9645337-0-7}}

==References==
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== External links ==
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*[http://mit.edu/sts/people/manning.html Kenneth Manning's home page at M.I.T.]

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