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Willem Eduard Bok Jr.

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Willem Eduard Bok Jr.
Bok Jr. c. 1905
Justice of the Supreme Court of the Union of South Africa
Personal details
Born(1880-01-01)1 January 1880
Pretoria, South African Republic
DiedOctober 29, 1956(1956-10-29) (aged 76)
Pretoria, Union of South Africa
SpouseMartina Gerardina Johanna Eekhout
RelativesWillem Eduard Bok (father)
ProfessionLawyer

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.

Biography

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Career

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Bok 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

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Bok 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]

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Holden, C (April 1991). "Bok". Science. 252 (5002): 34. doi:10.1126/science.252.5002.34-a. PMID 17739067.
  2. ^ "Bok": 33. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

Literature

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  • "Bok (Paesens, Oostdongeradeel)". Nederland's Patriciaat. 64. Den Haag: Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie: 10–37. 1978.