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Date of Birth
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09-October-1863
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Place of Birth
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Den Helder
(Netherlands, North Holland, Kingdom of the Netherlands)
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Nationality
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United States of America, Netherlands
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Also know as
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Edward William Bok, Edward Bok, Eduard Willem Gerard Cesar Hidde Bok
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Profession
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Author, Entrepreneur, Editor
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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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