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.
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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,