Dr. Maury Lloyd Hanson Jr., a resident of Kendal at Lexington, died in Lexington, Virginia on Monday, May 4, 2020.

Dr. Hanson was 100 years old. He had been a resident of Kendal for over 10 years.

Born Nov. 7, 1919 in Loudoun County, the son of Maury L. Hanson and Ella Moore Brown Hanson, he grew up in Washington, D.C. He was a graduate of Oberlin College and received his medical degree in neurosurgery from Cornell University.

Dr. Hanson practiced as a surgeon in New York City and in the Washington, D.C., area. He retired from the medical field and pursued graduate studies in Greek and Roman languages and literature, receiving a doctorate from the Department of Classics at the University of North Carolina.

He traveled to libraries in Europe to translate and edit the ancient Greek texts of Hippocrates, one of the founders of medicine in the Western World. He was author of the book, "Hippocrates on Head Wounds," published in Berlin in 1999. Before coming to Lexington, he lived in Madison County, where he bought and restored an historic house.

During his residence in Lexington, he pursued his interest in historic preservation, devoting special attention to work preserving the historic McDowell Cemetery at Fairfield. Also an enthusiastic gardener, he was a leader in efforts by Kendal residents to enhance the enclosed "secret garden" behind Sunnyside House.

He is survived by a brother, Charles L. Hanson, and cousins Thomas Hanson and Douglas Hanson of Minneapolis, Minn.

Burial will be at a later date in Ebenezer Church Cemetery at Purcellville.