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.
• Joseph Sturge (1793–1859) – British founder of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.
• William Allen Sturge (1850–1919) – British physician and archaeologist.

Places:

• Sturge Island, one of the three main islands in the uninhabited Balleny Islands group located in the Southern Ocean.

Others:

• Sturge-Weber syndrome (encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis), a rare congenital neurological and skin disorder.