; ▁d . ▁ 2 2 ▁November ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁Baltimore ) ▁was ▁a ▁German - born ▁American ▁lingu ist . ▁ ▁Education ▁and ▁career ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 5 , ▁Coll itz ▁( née ▁He chten berg ) ▁gained ▁first ▁class ▁hon ors ▁in ▁the ▁Oxford ▁final ▁exam ination ▁( B . A .) ▁after ▁two ▁years ▁of ▁study ▁at ▁Oxford ▁University . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁she ▁was ▁L ect urer ▁in ▁Rom ance ▁L anguages ▁at ▁Victoria ▁College ▁in ▁B elf ast . ▁From ▁ 1 8 9 7 ▁to ▁ 1 8 9 9 , ▁she ▁was ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁German ▁Phil ology ▁at ▁Smith ▁College ▁in ▁North am pton , ▁Massachusetts . ▁She ▁attended ▁lect ures ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Chicago ▁during ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 7 ▁and ▁spent ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Bonn . ▁ ▁After ▁two ▁years ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Heidel berg ▁she ▁took ▁her ▁Ph . D . ▁( mag na ▁cum ▁la ude ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁with ▁a ▁dis sert ation ▁entitled ▁Das ▁f rem d wort ▁bei ▁Gr imm el sh aus en ; ▁ein ▁be it rag ▁zur ▁f rem dw ör ter f rage ▁des ▁ 1 7 . ▁j ahr h undert s . ▁From ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁she ▁returned ▁to ▁Oxford ▁University ▁as ▁L ect urer