Personal Life
In 1757 or 1758 Black became a friend of James Watt, who first began his studies on steam power at Glasgow University in 1761. He provided significant financing and other support for Watt's early research on the steam engine. Black also was a member of the Poker Club and associated with David Hume, Adam Smith, and the literati of the Scottish Enlightenment. Black never married. He died in Edinburgh at the age of 71, and is buried there in Greyfriars Kirkyard. In 2011 scientific equipment believed to belong to Black was discovered during an archeological dig at the University of Edinburgh.
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