Peter Sherwood
# Peter Sherwood

Peter Andrew Sherwood (born 30 September 1948, Budapest) is a British Professor of Linguistics, who was born in Hungary, and left the country with his family after 1956. He is a writer, editor, translator and lexicographer and as the Laszlo Birinyi Sr., Distinguished Professor in Hungarian Language and Culture at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

## Personal life

Peter Sherwood is married, his wife is Julia Sherwood, née Kalinová, they have one daughter.

## Career

### Education

* Manchester Grammar School, England, (1960–1966)
* University of London, 1970., (BA),
* University of London, 1976., (Diploma in Linguistics)

### Professional experience

* 2008-2014 Laszlo Birinyi Sr. Distinguished professor of Hungarian language and culture university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
* 1972–2007 Lecturer (later: senior lecturer) In Hungarian, school of Slavonic and east European studies, University of London,

(later: University College London)

### Visiting lectureship

* United Kingdom, University of Cambridge: visiting lecturer, 1999,
* Outside United Kingdom:
* University of Szeged, Hungary: visiting lecturer, November–December 2006,
* University of Rome: visiting lecturer, November 1995,
* University of Debrecen, Hungary: visiting lecturer, March 1995,
* University of Budapest: visiting lecturer, January 1994,

### Honours

* 2011: Lotz János Medal from the International Association for Hungarian Studies
* 2007: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
* 2003: G. F. Cushing Prize of the British-Hungarian Fellowship (London) for "outstanding contribution[s] to Hungarian linguistics, literary translation and for fostering appreciation of Hungarian culture in Great Britain"
* 2001: Pro Cultura Hungarica Hungarian State Prize for contributions to Anglo-Hungarian relations
* 1999: Prize of the Hungarian Milán Füst Foundation
* 2020: Budavári Tóth Árpád Műfordítói Díj,

### Membership of professional organizations

* 2008–, Linguistic Society of America,
* 2008–, American Hungarian Educators' Association,
* 1996–2007, British Hungarian Fellowship (London) Executive Committee member,
* 1975 onwards, International Association of Hungarian Studies, Budapest,
* 1971 onwards, Philological Society, London,
* 1970 onwards, Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, Helsinki,
