Dorset (gbr)

Dorset

Dorset ranks 2,752nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Falls Church, Virginia, Saransk, and Steubenville, Ohio. Memorable people born in Dorset include Henry Fox Talbot, Charles Bennett, and John Morton. Memorable people who died in Dorset include Archie Cochrane, John Tavener, and Thomas Wedgwood. Dorset has been the birth place of many inventors, and athletes and the death place of many physicians, and composers. Dorset is located in United Kingdom.

Dorset is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south-east, the English Channel to the south, and Devon to the west. The largest settlement is Bournemouth, and the county town is Dorchester. Read more on Wikipedia