Jean Zuber (1 May 1773 - 8 August 1852) was an Alsatian industrialist who is primarily known for founding the

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company

Zuber & Cie Zuber & Cie, founded as Jean Zuber et Cie, is a French company that is a ''Manufacture de Papier Peints et Tissus'' (French for 'painted wallpaper and fabrics manufacturer'). It claims to be the last factory in the world to produce woodblock-printe ...

Rixheim Rixheim (; Alsatian: ''Rixe'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It forms part of the Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération, the inter-communal local government body for the Mulhouse conurbation. Geography ...

in 1797. In 1834, he was awarded the

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for his industrial achievements. He was the grandfather of French landscape painter Henri Zuber.

Personal life

On 8 August 1796, Zuber married Elisabeth Spoerlin (5 February 1775 - 20 September 1856) and they had two sons: * Jean Zuber Jr. (1799-1853) who married Adèle Elise Oppermann and had two children; Mélanie Zuber and Jean Henri Zuber. * Frédéric Zuber (1803-1891), who married Amélie Elisabeth Frauger and had one son; Charles Eugène Zuber. Zuber died aged 79 at his residence ''La Commanderie Park'' in

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1773 births 1852 deaths Recipients of the Legion of Honour French industrialists {{France-business-bio-stub