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commissioned in the same capacity again. During his tenure he had established a departmental library which became the most significant research library dedicated to English and American Studies in Hungary. He ran the Department of English at the Lajos Kosssuth University of Debrecen until his retirement in 1968. Országh's lexicographic career began in 1948 with the publication of his Concise English-Hungarian Dictionary. In 1953 the famous comprehensive Hungarian-English and in 1960 its English-Hungarian counterpart appeared. From 1950 to 1957 he headed the Linguistic Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences where he organized and guided the publication of the Dictionary of the Hungarian Language. Országh continuously revised his dictionaries and he summed up his lexicographic experiences in his 1962 treatise titled: "Application of Lexicographic Theory and Practice during the Compilation of the Dictionary of the Hungarian Language" and in his "Lexicographic Studies". (1966) Országh's scholastic versatility is vividly demonstrated by such seminal works as "The Origins of the English Novel"

(1941) "Shakespeare" (1944). "The History of American literature" (1967) and the "Introduction to American Studies" (1972). He was also a devoted researcher of English loan words adopted by the Hungarian language and wrote about the development of Hungarian-English and Hungarian-American cultural connections as well. (E.g.: English Travelers in Szombathely 200 Years Ago") While according to Gyula Kodolányi Országh's academic activity was only "tolerated at best in his homeland", as an internationally renowned scholar Országh was awarded the Diamond Anniversary Medal of the London Institute of Linguistics in 1970 and nine years later his lifetime achievement was honored by Parliament's bestowal of the title: "Commander of the Order of the British Empire". After his death on January 27, 1984 László Országh was laid to rest in Szombathely according to his will. The memorial edition is a tribute to Professor Országh's tremendous academic achievement. Despite its primary focus on literary history and analysis, the volume contains articles on linguistics (Csaba Czeglédy: "Indirect Questions in the English, Hungarian and Russian Languages", 148