Willem Eduard Bok Jr.

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
SpouseMaria Everdina Jacoba Kleyn
Parent(s)Willem Eduard Bok
Martina Gerardina Johanna Eekhout
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

Career

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

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]

References

Notes

  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

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