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Biography
Geoffrey Haydon Manning (born 1926) is a South Australian author and historian, commonly known as Geoff Manning, known particularly for his books on South Australian placenames.
History
Manning was born in Waikerie, South Australia, a son of carpenter Richard Baker Manning (1896–1936) and his wife Grace Maud Manning, née Hein (1901– ).
He was employed by the Savings Bank of South Australia until his retirement in 1982, since when he has written on local history.
His fully indexed work on South Australian placenames has been digitized by the State Library of South Australia and is, with his collection of significant articles from South Australian newspapers freely available on-line. His works on South Australian placenames contains much information supplemental to, and correcting, the much earlier Nomenclature of South Australia (1908) by Rodney Cockburn (1877–1932) and What's in a Name, a revised edition by his son Stewart Cockburn.
Family
Haydon R. Manning, political scientist of Flinders University, is a son.