Portsmouth (gbr)

Portsmouth

Portsmouth ranks 451st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Doha, London, Ontario, and El Paso, Texas. Memorable people born in Portsmouth include Charles Dickens, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Christopher Hitchens. Memorable people who died in Portsmouth include George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, John Byng, and Cassandra Austen. Portsmouth has been the birth place of many writers, and athletes and the death place of many military personnels, and politicians. Portsmouth is located in United Kingdom.

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in England not located primarily on the mainland. The city is located 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Southampton, 50 miles (80 km) west of Brighton and Hove and 74 miles (119 km) south-west of London. With a population last recorded at 208,100, it is the most densely-populated city in the United Kingdom. Portsmouth forms part of the South Hampshire urban area with Gosport, Fareham, Havant, Eastleigh and Southampton. Read more on Wikipedia