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Greyfriars Bobby - Death

Time: Sunday Jan 14, 1872

Place: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Details: Bobby is said to have sat by the grave for 14 years. He died in 1872 and a necropsy by Prof Thomas Walley of the Edinburgh Veterinary College concluded he had died from cancer of the jaw.

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