Robert Simson died in his eight-first year and was buried in the neighbouring Blackfriars burial ground, where a marble tombstone, bearing a long laudatory Latin inscription, was raised in his memory.
Robert Simson namatay sa kanyang walong-unang taon at ay nalibing sa karatig Blackfriars baon sa lupa, kung saan ang isang marmol lapida, nadadala ng isang matagal na pumupuri sa Latin, ay itataas sa kanyang memorya.