Chiswick (gbr)

Chiswick

Chiswick ranks 1,372nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Guarulhos, Reus, and Okayama. Memorable people born in Chiswick include Ian Gillan, Pete Townshend, and Kim Wilde. Memorable people who died in Chiswick include John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, George Canning, and Jean Chardin. Chiswick has been the birth place of many musicians and singers and the death place of many politicians and actors. Chiswick is located in United Kingdom.

Chiswick is a district in the London Borough of Hounslow, West London, England. It contains Hogarth's House, the former residence of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth; Chiswick House, a neo-Palladian villa regarded as one of the finest in England; and Fuller's Brewery, London's largest and oldest brewery. In a meander of the River Thames used for competitive and recreational rowing, with several rowing clubs on the river bank, the finishing post for the Boat Race is just downstream of Chiswick Bridge. Read more on Wikipedia