Sergel Prize
Sergel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charles Sergel (1911-1980), British surgeon, missionary doctor and rower *Christopher R. Sergel (1918-1993), president of the Dramatic Publishing Company and a Broadway playwright * Johan Tobias Sergel (1740–1814), Swedish neoclassical sculptor *Ruth Sergel Ruth Sergel is an American director, writer, activist, and interactive technology designer in New York City. She works across multiple mediums to exploit technical prowess while creating opportunities for community engagement. Her work has been su ...

Charles Sergel
Charles John Scott Sergel (12 May 1911 – 21 May 1980) was a surgeon, missionary doctor and a rower who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Sergel was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the son of missionaries. He attended Monkton Combe School and Clare College, Cambridge. In 1931 and 1932 he was a member of the winning Cambridge boats in the 1932 and 1933 Boat Races. The 1932 crew won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta rowing as Leander Club, and was subsequently chosen to represent Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where they came fourth. He again represented the winning Cambridge crew in the Boat Race in 1933 when he was president. In 1937 Sergel qualified as a doctor at St Mary's Hospital and after working for a year in hospitals he went to Uganda in 1938 as a missionary. In the following year, after the outbreak of World War II he joined the medical corps in East Africa and served throughout the war becoming a major. After the war S ...
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Johan Tobias Sergel
Johan Tobias Sergel (; 7 September 1740 in Stockholm – 26 February 1814 in Stockholm) was a Swedish neoclassical sculptor. Sergels torg, the largest square in the centre of Stockholm and near where his workshop stood, is named after him. Life Johan Tobias Sergel was born in Stockholm in 1740. He was the son of the decorator, Christoffer Sergel and Elisabet (née Swyrner), and was the brother of the decorator, Anna Brita Sergel. His first teacher was Pierre Hubert Larchevêsque.New International Encyclopedia, 1905 After studying in Paris, he went to Rome.Chisholm, 1911 He stayed in Rome for twelve years and sculpted a number of groups in marble. Besides subjects from classical mythology such as the ''Diomedes Stealing the Palladium'', which he sold to the British collector, Thomas Mansel Talbot, in 1772, he also sculpted a colossal representation of ''The Muse of History Recording the Deeds of Gustavus Adolphus'', in which are depicted the achievements of King Gustav II Adolf be ...
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