Willem Eduard Bok Jr. Explained

Willem Eduard Bok Jr.
Order:Justice of the Supreme Court of the Union of South Africa
Birth Date:1 January 1880
Birth Place:Pretoria, South African Republic
Death Place:Pretoria, Union of South Africa
Spouse:Martina Gerardina Johanna Eekhout
Profession:Lawyer
Relatives:Willem Eduard Bok (father)

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.

References

Literature

Notes and References

  1. Bok . 34. Apr 1991. Holden, C. 252. 5002. 17739067. 10.1126/science.252.5002.34-a. Science.
  2. Bok . 33.