It is such sad news... Martin will be greatly missed and I wish my express my heartfelt condolences to his dear ones. I will never forget meeting Martin in the Italian Dept at the University of Edinburgh four decades ago, nor the time we took the students to Millport and I realized that Scotland would be my spiritual home forever. I have taken the liberty of dedicating a tree to Martin in Lang Craigs, Dumbarton (https://shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/in-memory), as a small tribute to the light he has brought into the lives of all who knew him.