many students and others, who were co-operating with his efforts to further the cause of Italian scholarship, were called away on war service. His own researches and the publication of Italian Studies had to be suspended. War service During the War, he worked for Civil Defence and lectured to the armed forces. His close understanding of America and England led him to work for greater mutual understanding. He began to compile an Italian-English, English-Italian Dictionary. When Italy surrendered, he endeavoured to work for a truer understanding of the Italian position. His arduous work of lecturing to the forces, entailing long and difficult journeys often in the black out led to strains on his health and he died suddenly aged only 54. He was buried at St Stephen's Church, Great Wigborough in the north east corner of the churchyard. Legacy He left his library, of 5,000 books and several hundred pamphlets, for the use of scholars, which is now housed in the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester. It comprises: over 2,600 volumes printed in the 16th century; nearly 2,000 books and pamphlets consisting of later editions of 16th-century works; a large number of reference works; hundreds of volumes of modern Italian writers and works of criticism. See also Bullock family Sir Edward Bullock Colonel John Bullock Sir Christopher Bullock References External links 1890 births 1944 deaths Academics from London Harvard University alumni Civil Defence Service personnel People of the Russian Revolution