Thomas Gray: Poems

Death

Plaque adjacent to the tomb of Thomas Gray in Stoke Poges Churchyard

Gray died on 30 July 1771 in Cambridge, and was buried beside his mother in the churchyard of the Church of St Giles, Stoke Poges, the reputed (though disputed) setting for his famous Elegy.[34] His grave can still be seen there. A monument sculpted by John Bacon was also erected in Westminster Abbey soon after his death.[35]


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