Profession lawyer Religion Dutch Reformed | Name Willem Bok, Role South African statesman | |
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Born 1 January 1880
Pretoria, South African Republic ( 1880-01-01 ) Died October 29, 1956, Pretoria, South Africa | ||
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.
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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 in 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
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