Willem Eduard Bok, Jr. (1 January 1880 in Pretoria, South African Republic – 29 October 1956 in Pretoria, Union of South Africa) was a South African lawyer, statesman and judge of Dutch descent.
Willem Eduard Bok Jr. | |
|---|---|
 Bok Jr. c. 1905 | |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of the Union of South Africa | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1880 Pretoria, South African Republic |
| Died | October 29, 1956 (aged 76) Pretoria, Union of South Africa |
| Spouse | Martina Gerardina Johanna Eekhout |
| Relatives | Willem Eduard Bok (father) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Biography
editCareer
editBok studied law in England, before setting up a law practice in his home town of Pretoria. He was the private secretary of general Louis Botha. Later in life Bok became a justice of the Supreme Court of the Union of South Africa.[1]
Family
editBok was the eldest son of Willem Eduard Bok (1846–1904), State Secretary of the South African Republic, and Martina Gerardina Johanna Eekhout (1856–1910).[2]
He married in Pretoria 19 December 1907 with Maria Everdina Jacoba Kleyn (1880–1975), with whom he had four children.[1]
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b Holden, C (April 1991). "Bok". Science. 252 (5002): 34. doi:10.1126/science.252.5002.34-a. PMID 17739067.
- ^ "Bok": 33.
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Literature
edit- "Bok (Paesens, Oostdongeradeel)". Nederland's Patriciaat. 64. Den Haag: Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie: 10–37. 1978.