Edward Bok
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1863 – 1930
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Who was Edward Bok?
Edward Bok was a Dutch born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was editor of the Ladies' Home Journal for thirty years. Bok is credited with coining the term living room as the name for room of a house that had commonly been called the parlor or drawing room. He also created Bok Tower Gardens in central Florida.
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- Born
- Oct 9, 1863
Den Helder - Also known as
- Edward William Bok
- Edward Bok
- Eduard Willem Gerard Cesar Hidde Bok
- Edward W. Bok
- Spouses
- Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist
(1896/10/22 - 1930/01/09)
- Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Lived in
- Den Helder
- Brooklyn
- Died
- Jan 9, 1930
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on July 23, 2013
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