Eduard Willem Gerard Cesar Hidde Bok (1863-10-09)October 9, 1863 Den Helder, Netherlands
Died
January 9, 1930(1930-01-09) (aged 66) Lake Wales, Florida, US
Occupation
Editor
author
Nationality
American
Notable works
Successward
The Young Man in Business
The Young Man & The Church
The Americanization of Edward Bok
Notable awards
Pulitzer Prize
Spouse
Mary Louise Curtis
(m. 1896)
Edward William Bok (born Eduard Willem Gerard Cesar Hidde Bok)[1] (October 9, 1863 – January 9, 1930)[1] was a Dutch-born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was editor of the Ladies' Home Journal for 30 years (1889–1919). He also distributed popular homebuilding plans and created Bok Tower Gardens in central Florida.
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Edward William Bok (born Eduard Willem Gerard Cesar Hidde Bok) (October 9, 1863 – January 9, 1930) was a Dutch-born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning...
of Lake Wales, Florida, United States, created by EdwardBok in the 1920s. Formerly known as the Bok Mountain Lake Sanctuary and Singing Tower, the gardens'...
bok, bök, or бок in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bok or BOK may refer to: Bok (lunar crater), on the Moon's far side Bok (Martian crater) Bok, Khash...
Derek Curtis Bok (born March 22, 1930) is an American lawyer and educator, and the former president of Harvard University. Bok was born in Bryn Mawr,...
served on behalf of the best interests of the community. Created by Edward William Bok in 1921, The Philadelphia Award is among the most cherished, meaningful...
1890, the first year of Edward W. Bok's long tenure as editor of the magazine. In 1896, at the age of nineteen, she married Bok, who was fourteen years...
Sitting Room of the White House. In the late 19th or early 20th century, EdwardBok advocated using the term living room for the room then commonly called...
folklore. Bok is also an artist mainly dealing with sea themes done in wood carvings. Bok is the grandson of EdwardBok, the cousin of Derek Bok, and the...
Quaker and an avid sailor. Curtis Bok was born in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. His father was EdwardBok, a Dutch immigrant to the United...
response to an invitation from the president of Curtis Publishing Company, EdwardBok, as part of a project to improve modern house design.[citation needed]...
forms, and it was in general use by others at the time. In a note to EdwardBok after the death of Lockwood Kipling in 1911, Rudyard said: "I am sending...
Publishers Weekly. April 23, 2001. Retrieved May 10, 2023. "Obituary Note: Jean Edward Smith". Shelf Awareness. September 26, 2019. Archived from the original...
cause of world peace. The American Peace Award was created in 1923 by EdwardBok, who believed that the United States government was not taking initiative...
assigning math homework under normal circumstances. In 1900, journalist EdwardBok railed against schools assigning homework to students until age 15. He...
equality United States American Peace Award First created in 1923 by EdwardBok; revived in 2008 United States Art of Peace Award President's Peace Commission...
Pennsylvania on October 30, 1973 to Gregory White and Yvonne Martin. He attended EdwardBok High School, graduating in 1991. He continued his education at Mansfield...
chemist (d. 1935) 1859 – Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (d. 1935) 1863 – EdwardBok, Dutch-American journalist and author (d. 1930) 1864 – Reginald Dyer,...
business community. It opened on January 14, 1927, two years before EdwardBok's famous Bok Tower was completed nearby. Original owners included then Governor...
(Doubleday) Biography or Autobiography: The Americanization of EdwardBok by EdwardBok (Scriber) "Pulitzer Prize is awarded to Post". The Boston Post...
Date Royal function(s)/Political offices(s) Military offices(s) Comments EdwardBok 1924 Philanthropist, publisher, editor of Ladies' Home Journal, Pulitzer...
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