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Klara Hechtenberg Collitz
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Klara H. Collitz (b. 30 May 30 1863, [[Rheydt|Rheydt bei Mönchengladbach]]; d. 22 November 1944, [[Baltimore]]) was a German-born American linguist.
== Education and career ==
In 1895, Collitz (née Hechtenberg) gained first class honors in the Oxford final examination (B.A.) after two years of study at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]]. In 1896 she was Lecturer in Romance Languages at Victoria College in Belfast. From 1897-99 she was in charge of the Department of German Philology at Smith College, Northampton, Mass. She attended lectures at the University of Chicago during the summer of 1897 and spent 1898 at the University of Bonn.<ref> Johns Hopkins University Libraries Archives Public Interface|website=archivesspace.library.jhu.edu|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref>
After two years at the University of Heidelberg she took her Ph.D. (magna cum laude) in 1901, with a dissertation entitled, "Das fremdwort bei Grimmelshausen; ein beitrag zur fremdwörterfrage des 17. jahrhunderts ".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> From 1901-1904 she returned to Oxford University as Lecturer in German Philology for Women Students.<ref></ref>
After her marriage to [[Hermann Collitz]] in 1904 she immigrated to the United States. Although she never again held an academic position, she continued to conduct research and contribute to scholarly journals in the United States and abroad. She participated in the first meeting of the [[Linguistic Society of America]] and became a member in its third year (1928). She participated actively in the annual meetings, maintaining her membership until her death in 1944.<ref></ref>
== Personal life and legacy ==
On August 13, 1904, she married [[Hermann Collitz]], who became the first President of the [[Linguistic Society of America]]. Upon her death, in 1944, she left most of her estate to the [[Linguistic Society of America]] to found the Hermann and Klara H. Collitz Professorship in Comparative Philology.<ref> Linguistic Society of America|website=www.linguisticsociety.org|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> She left her own and her husband's papers to John Hopkins University.<ref> Johns Hopkins University Libraries Archives Public Interface|website=archivesspace.library.jhu.edu|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref>
== Selected works<ref> HathiTrust Digital Library|last=|first=|date=|website=catalog.hathitrust.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> ==
* Das Fremdwort bei Grimmelshausen (1901). University of Heidelberg dissertation.
* Fremdworterbuch des 17 Jahrhunderts (1904). Berlin: B. Behr.
* Verbs of Motion in Their Semantic Divergence (1931). ''Language'' ''Monograph'' 8.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Women linguists]]
[[Category:1863 births]]
[[Category:1944 deaths]]
[[Category:German philologists]]
== Education and career ==
In 1895, Collitz (née Hechtenberg) gained first class honors in the Oxford final examination (B.A.) after two years of study at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]]. In 1896 she was Lecturer in Romance Languages at Victoria College in Belfast. From 1897-99 she was in charge of the Department of German Philology at Smith College, Northampton, Mass. She attended lectures at the University of Chicago during the summer of 1897 and spent 1898 at the University of Bonn.<ref> Johns Hopkins University Libraries Archives Public Interface|website=archivesspace.library.jhu.edu|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref>
After two years at the University of Heidelberg she took her Ph.D. (magna cum laude) in 1901, with a dissertation entitled, "Das fremdwort bei Grimmelshausen; ein beitrag zur fremdwörterfrage des 17. jahrhunderts ".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> From 1901-1904 she returned to Oxford University as Lecturer in German Philology for Women Students.<ref></ref>
After her marriage to [[Hermann Collitz]] in 1904 she immigrated to the United States. Although she never again held an academic position, she continued to conduct research and contribute to scholarly journals in the United States and abroad. She participated in the first meeting of the [[Linguistic Society of America]] and became a member in its third year (1928). She participated actively in the annual meetings, maintaining her membership until her death in 1944.<ref></ref>
== Personal life and legacy ==
On August 13, 1904, she married [[Hermann Collitz]], who became the first President of the [[Linguistic Society of America]]. Upon her death, in 1944, she left most of her estate to the [[Linguistic Society of America]] to found the Hermann and Klara H. Collitz Professorship in Comparative Philology.<ref> Linguistic Society of America|website=www.linguisticsociety.org|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> She left her own and her husband's papers to John Hopkins University.<ref> Johns Hopkins University Libraries Archives Public Interface|website=archivesspace.library.jhu.edu|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref>
== Selected works<ref> HathiTrust Digital Library|last=|first=|date=|website=catalog.hathitrust.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref> ==
* Das Fremdwort bei Grimmelshausen (1901). University of Heidelberg dissertation.
* Fremdworterbuch des 17 Jahrhunderts (1904). Berlin: B. Behr.
* Verbs of Motion in Their Semantic Divergence (1931). ''Language'' ''Monograph'' 8.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Women linguists]]
[[Category:1863 births]]
[[Category:1944 deaths]]
[[Category:German philologists]]
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