Bok
Encyclopedia
Bok or BOK may refer to:
- BOK (gene)BOK (gene)Bcl-2-related ovarian killer protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BOK gene.-Further reading:...
, full name BCL2-related ovarian killer - BOK Financial CorporationBOK Financial CorporationBOK Financial Corporation , based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a financial services company in the West South Central States region of the United States. The corporate headquarters is located in the BOK Tower in downtown Tulsa. BOK Financial's holdings include BOKF, NA, BOSC, Inc, Cavanal Hill Investment...
, headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma - Bank of Oklahoma, a subsidiary
- Bok, an animated gargoyle from the Doctor Who serial The DæmonsThe DæmonsThe Dæmons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in five weekly parts from May 22 to June 19, 1971.-Plot:...
- Bok is a Dutch/Afrikaans word for an antelopeAntelopeAntelope is a term referring to many even-toed ungulate species indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia. Antelopes comprise a miscellaneous group within the family Bovidae, encompassing those old-world species that are neither cattle, sheep, buffalo, bison, nor goats...
- Bok is feces(vulgar) in Turkish
- South Africa national rugby union team, known as the Boks or the Springboks
- The Brand New Monty Python BokThe Brand New Monty Python BokThe Brand New Monty Python Bok was the second book to be published by the British comedy troupe Monty Python. It was edited by Eric Idle, and contained more print-style comic pieces than their first effort, Monty Python's Big Red Book.The white dust jacket was printed with some realistic looking...
, a book by Monty Python - Body of KnowledgeBody of KnowledgeBody of Knowledge is a term used to represent the complete set of concepts, terms and activities that make up a professional domain, as defined by the relevant professional association....
- Bank of KoreaBank of KoreaThe Bank of Korea is the central bank of South Korea and issuer of South Korean won. It was established on June 12, 1950 at Seoul, South Korea.The Bank's primary purpose is price stability. For that, the Bank targets inflation...
, the S. Korean central bank - Title of the Vahnatai leaders in the Avernum video games
Places
- Brookings AirportBrookings AirportBrookings Airport , is a public airport located one mile northeast of the city of Brookings in Curry County, Oregon, USA. Brookings is on the Chetco River, and is famed for Brookings Harbor.Facilities...
's IATA code - BOK CenterBOK CenterThe BOK Center, or Bank of Oklahoma Center, is a 19,100-seat multi-purpose arena and a primary indoor sports and event venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Designed to accommodate arena football, hockey, basketball, concerts, and similar events, the facility was built at a cost of $178 million...
, an arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma - Bok TelescopeBok TelescopeThe Bok Telescope is the largest telescope operated solely by Steward Observatory. It finds much use from astronomers from University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University, with instruments capable of both imaging and spectroscopy...
, Arizona, USA - Bok Tower GardensBok Tower GardensBok Tower Gardens is a botanical garden and bird sanctuary, located north of Lake Wales, Florida, United States. It consists of a 250-acre garden, the tall Singing Tower with its carillon bells, Pine Ridge Trail, Pinewood Estate, and a visitor center...
, Florida, USA
Non-terrestrial
- 1983 Bok1983 Bok1983 Bok is an asteroid discovered June 9, 1975 by Elizabeth Roemer. It is named for astronomer Bart Jan Bok.See also: List of asteroids...
, asteroid - Bok (Martian crater)Bok (Martian crater)Bok Crater is a crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 20.8° N and 31.7° W. It is 7.1 km in diameter and was named after a town in New Guinea....
, a crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars - Bok (lunar crater)Bok (lunar crater)Bok is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon. To the southeast is the crater Sniadecki; to the north is McKellar, and further to the west is De Vries....
, a crater on the Moon's far side
People
- Bart BokBart BokBart Jan Bok was a Dutch-American astronomer.He was born in the Netherlands, but spent a good deal of his childhood days growing up in what was then known as the Dutch East Indies. He was educated at the Leiden and Groningen Universities. In 1929 he married fellow astronomer Dr...
, astronomer - Chip BokChip BokChip Bok is an American editorial cartoonist for the Akron Beacon Journal. He received the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award for 1995 and 1999.-External links:*...
, American cartoonist - Christian BökChristian BökChristian Bök is an experimental Canadian poet. He is the author of Eunoia, which won the Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize, and which has been said to be "Canada's best-selling poetry book ever."-Life:...
(born 1966), Canadian experimental poet - Curtis BokCurtis BokWilliam Curtis Bok was a Pennsylvania jurist, philanthropist and writer. Heir to an enormous fortune, he was also a devout Quaker and an avid sailor.-Biography:...
(1897-1962), Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice - Derek Bok (born 1930), American lawyer and president of Harvard University
- Edward W. BokEdward W. BokEdward William Bok was a Dutch born American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He was editor of the Ladies Home Journal for thirty years...
(1863–1930), publisher and author - Francis BokFrancis BokFrancis Piol Bol Bok , a Dinka tribesman and native of South Sudan, was a slave for ten years but is now an abolitionist and author living in the United States. On May 15, 1986, he was captured and enslaved at age seven during an Arab militia raid on the village of Nymlal in South Sudan during the...
(born 1979), Dinka tribesman and abolitionist - Gideon BokGideon BokGideon Bok is an American painter who lives and works in Maine. He earned his B.A. from Hampshire College and his M.F.A. from Yale University...
(born 1966), American painter - Gordon BokGordon BokGordon Bok is a folklorist and singer/songwriter who grew up in Camden, Maine.-Career:His first album, self-titled, was produced by Noel Paul Stookey and released in 1965 on the Verve Records Folkways imprint...
(born 1939), folklorist and singer-songwriter - Hannes BokHannes BokHannes Bok, pseudonym for Wayne Francis Woodard , was an American artist and illustrator, as well as an amateur astrologer and writer of fantasy fiction and poetry. He painted nearly 150 covers for various science fiction, fantasy, and detective fiction magazines, as well as contributing hundreds...
(1914–1964), pen name of Wayne Woodard - Hilary BokHilary BokHilary Bok is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Bioethics and Moral & Political Theory at the Johns Hopkins University. Bok received a B.A. in Philosophy from Princeton University in 1981 and her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1991....
(born 1959), author and professor of philosophy - Sissela BokSissela BokSissela Bok, born 2 December 1934, is a Swedish-born philosopher and ethicist, the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners: Gunnar Myrdal who won the Economics prize with Friedrich Hayek in 1974, and Alva Myrdal who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982....
(born 1934), philosopher and ethicist - Bok Geo-ilBok Geo-ilBok Geo-il is a South Korean novelist whose novels deal with Korean nationalism and science. He was born in Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, in 1946. Later he attended the College of Commerce at Seoul National University, and held a variety of jobs in business. He quit his job when he was 38 years old...
(born 1946), South Korean novelist
Other
- The Bok PrizeBok PrizeThe Bok Prize is awarded annually by the Astronomical Society of Australia and the Australian Academy of Science to recognise outstanding research in astronomy by an honours student at an Australian university....
, awarded by the Astronomical Society of AustraliaAstronomical Society of AustraliaThe Astronomical Society of Australia is the professional body representing astronomers in Australia. Established in 1966, it is incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory. Membership of the ASA is open to people "capable of contributing to the advancement of astronomy or a closely related... - The Derek Bok Public Service PrizesDerek Bok Public Service PrizesThe Derek Bok Public Service Prizes recognize creative initiatives in community service or long-standing records of civic achievement among degree and certificate graduates at Harvard University....
, awarded at Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, USA