Deaths
- January 2 - Léon Teisserenc de Bort (born 1855), meteorologist.
- February 20 - Robert von Lieben (born 1878), physicist.
- April 14 - Carl Hagenbeck (born 1844), zoologist.
- May 28 - John Lubbock (born 1834), naturalist and archaeologist.
- September 29 - Rudolf Diesel (born 1858), mechanical engineer (lost overboard this night).
- November 7 - Alfred Russel Wallace (born 1823), biologist.
Read more about this topic: 1913 In Science
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