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Sturge
Sturge is a Middle Ages surname of Norse- Viking origins, meaning son of Turgis or Thurgis, Turgeus etc., which meant " Thor’s follower".
People:
- Alfred Sturge (1816–1901) – British cleric who ministered in Devon, India and Kent.
- David Sturge (born 1948) – British athlete in rowing.
- Edmund Sturge (1808–1893) – British Quaker businessman and campaigner for liberal causes.
- Ernest Adolphus Sturge (1856–1934) – American missionary, organiser of Japanese Presbyterian churches in California.
- Joseph Sturge (1793–1859) – British founder of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.
- William Allen Sturge (1850–1919) – British physician and archaeologist.
- H. Winifred Sturge, Headmistress of The Mount School, York
Places:
- Sturge Island, one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean.
- Sturge Park, former cricket ground in Montserrat, destroyed by the volcanic eruption of 1997.
Others:
- Sturge-Weber syndrome (encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis), a rare congenital neurological and skin disorder.