Carrel:

A partially partitioned nook in or near the stacks in a library, used for
 private study.[OFr.] [Middle English carole, round dance ring, circle, stall
 for study. See CAROL.]

Carrel,Alexis. 1873-1944.

French-born American surgeon and biologist. He won a 1912 Nobel Prize for
 his work on vascular ligature and grafting of blood vessels and organs.