Michael Faraday died in London, aged 75, on August 25, 1867. He was survived by his wife Sarah. They had no children. He had been a devout Christian all of his life, belonging to a small branch of the religion called Sandemanians.
During his life, he had been offered burial in Westminster Abbey along with Britain’s kings and queens and scientists of the stature of Isaac Newton. He turned this down, in favor of a more modest end. His grave, where Sarah is also buried, can still be seen in London’s Highgate Cemetery.