Background
Egri, Peter was born on January 27, 1932 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of György and Rózsi (Kornis) Deutsch.
English and comparative literature educator
Egri, Peter was born on January 27, 1932 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of György and Rózsi (Kornis) Deutsch.
Bachelor, L. Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary, 1954. Master of Arts, L. Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 1971.
Assistant professor department English University Debrecen, Hungary, 1960-1973. Associate professor department comparative literature University Budapest, 1973-1978, professor department English studies, since 1978. Corp member Hungarian Academy, since 1993.
Member National Committee of Accreditation, Budapest, 1992-1996. Lecturer University London, 1965-1966. International Research & Exchanges Board fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970-1971.
American Council of Learned Societies fellow University California, Berkeley, 1976-1977. British Council fellow University Leeds, England, 1981-1982.
Member Modern Philological Society (deputy chairman 1988-1995), James Joyce Society, Eugene O'Neill Society.
Married Erzsèbet Abaffy, August 19, 1958.