The Americanization of Edward Bok

Edward Bok (born Eduard Willem Gerard Cesar Hidde Bok) (October 9, 1863 - January 9, 1930) 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.