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Willem Eduard Bok, Jr.

Willem Eduard Bok, Jr.
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Justice in 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
Profession lawyer
Religion Dutch Reformed

Willem Eduard Bok, Jr., (Pretoria, South African Republic 1 January 1880 – Pretoria, Union of South Africa, 29 October 1956) was a South African lawyer, statesman and judge of Dutch descent.

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.

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.


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