David Sprüngli (20 October 1776 – 14 February 1862) was a Swiss businessman, prominent in

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. There, in 1836, he established David Sprüngli & Son, a confectioners that is today known as

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Early life

Sprüngli was born in Andelfingen, a municipality of Zürich, Switzerland, to Hans Heinrich Sprüngli and Elisabetha Karrer.

Career

In 1819, Sprüngli, then a poor journeyman baker, joined a locally well-established Zürichsugar bakery. When his boss died, in 1836, he bought the business from his widow. In 1836, Sprüngli purchased a house and shop on Zürich's Marktgasse and founded David Sprüngli & Son with Rudolf.

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Personal life

In 1804, Sprüngli married Regula Rosenberger. He remarried, in 1812, to Katharina Schwarz, with whom he had sons David Sprüngli-Schmidlin (born 1814) and Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann (born 1816).

Death

Sprüngli died in 1862, aged 85.

References

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