Talk:Edward Bok

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The result of the move request was: moved per request. Favonian (talk) 16:12, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

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Edward W. Bok → Edward Bok – common name gidonb (talk) 00:15, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

• Support. Common name. Hatagalow (talk) 16:53, 11 August 2013 (UTC).
• Support pbp 01:54, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
• Support; the shorter name seems to be more common. bobrayner (talk) 19:37, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

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"Living room" pre-dates Bok

I've removed the claim from the lede that he "coined" the term "living room". It might be reasonable to report that some people give him such credit, but it should not be repeated as fact, as earlier examples of the term are easy to come by. For instance, this one dated 1851, several years before Bok was born. - IMSoP (talk) 17:20, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Edward Bok events in his life

4 events in Edward Boks life 97.71.196.130 (talk) 18:55, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

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I read this book at the library Bok, Edward William (1922). The Americanization of Edward Bok: The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 978-0-7222-8996-9.

and there is a picture of his rather large house in Merion PA and the caption says "named swastika by rudyard kipling" and ??

see https://boktowergardens.org/2022/11/28/personality-letters-the-americanization-of-edward-bok-chapter-19/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:197:D00:3CA0:AC0E:8D56:259E:86C5 (talk) 14:48, 4 August 2024 (UTC)