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Clarence Barnhart | |
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| Born | Charles Lewis Barnhart December 30, 1900 Plattsburg, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | October 24, 1993 (aged 92) Peekskill, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Lexicographer |
| Known for | Editor of the Thorndike-Barnhart series of dictionaries |
| Spouse |
Frances Irma Knox
(m. 1931; died 1979) |
| Children | David and Robert Barnhart |
Clarence Lewis Barnhart (1900–1993) was an American lexicographer best known for editing the Thorndike-Barnhart series of graded dictionaries, published by Scott Foresman & Co. which were based on word lists and concepts of definition developed by psychological theorist Edward Thorndike. Barnhart subsequently revised and expanded the series and with the assistance of his sons, maintaining them through the 1980s.