Science on the 13th of January in history

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Date	Type	Text
13 Jan 1717 Maria Sibylla Merian	science	death Maria Sibylla Merian Maria Sibylla Merian, German-born naturalist (born 1647)
13 Jan 1843 David Ferrier	science	birth David Ferrier David Ferrier (died 1928), Scottish neurologist.
13 Jan 1864 Wilhelm Wien	science	birth Wilhelm Wien Wilhelm Wien (died 1928), German physicist.
13 Jan 1870 Ross Granville Harrison	science	birth Ross Granville Harrison Ross Granville Harrison (died 1959), American physiologist.
13 Jan 1900 Peter Waage	science	death Peter Waage Peter Waage (born 1833), chemist.
13 Jan 1930 Harold Furth	science	birth Harold Furth Harold Furth (died 2002), Austrian-born expert in plasma physics and nuclear fusion.

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