| 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 |
| Died | October 29, 1956(1956-10-29) (aged 76) Pretoria, Union of South Africa |
| Spouse | Martina Gerardina Johanna Eekhout |
| Relatives | Willem Eduard Bok (father) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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.
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).
He married in Pretoria 19 December 1907 with Maria Everdina Jacoba Kleyn (1880–1975), with whom he had four children.
References
Notes
- ^ 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
- "Bok (Paesens, Oostdongeradeel)". Nederland's Patriciaat. 64. Den Haag: Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie: 10–37. 1978.