South Kensington (gbr)

South Kensington

South Kensington ranks 3,834th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Zaječar, Droylsden, and Elmhurst, Illinois. Memorable people born in South Kensington include John Gielgud, Peter Finch, and Jeremy Thorpe. Memorable people who died in South Kensington include George Best, John Crawfurd, and Cosmo Duff-Gordon. South Kensington has been the birth place of many actors and politicians and the death place of many soccer players and physicians. South Kensington is located in United Kingdom.

South Kensington is a district just west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton. Its name was supplanted with the advent of the railways in the late 19th century and the opening and naming of local tube stations. The area has many museums and cultural landmarks with a high number of visitors, such as the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Adjacent affluent centres such as Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Kensington, have been considered as some of the most exclusive real estate in the world. Read more on Wikipedia