{{Short description|French businessperson}} {{Infobox person | name = Jean Zuber | image = Jean Zuber (2).jpg | caption = Zuber, c. 1840 | birth_name = Jean Zuber | birth_date = {{birth date |1773|05|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = Mulhouse, Kingdom of France<br />{{small|(now France)}} | death_date = {{death date and age |1852|08|08|1773|05|01|df=yes}} | death_place = Rixheim, Kingdom of France | occupation = Industrialist | years_active = 1797-1852 | known_for = Founding Zuber & Cie | spouse = {{marriage|Elisabeth Spoerlin<br>|1796}} | children = 2 | relatives = Henri Zuber (grandson) | honours = Legion of Honour (1834) }}

'''Jean Zuber''' (1 May 1773 - 8 August 1852) was an industrialist from Alsace who is primarily known for founding the wallpaper company Zuber & Cie in Rixheim in 1797.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Création |first=JWeb |title=The ZUBER factory or two centuries of wallpaper |url=https://www.zuber.fr/en/history-zuber |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=www.zuber.fr |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zuber: The Art of French Scenic Wallpaper {{!}} SFO Museum |url=https://www.sfomuseum.org/exhibitions/zuber-art-french-scenic-wallpaper |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=www.sfomuseum.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ZUBER – Fifth Avenue |url=https://www.fifthavenue-atelier.com/portfolio/zuber/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1834, he was awarded the Legion of Honour for his industrial achievements.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministre de la culture - Base Léonore |url=http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH279/PG/FRDAFAN83_OL2770021V001.htm |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=www2.culture.gouv.fr}}</ref> 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.<ref name=tree>{{Cite web |title=Family tree of Jean ZUBER |url=https://gw.geneanet.org/ricou83?lang=en&n=zuber&oc=0&p=jean |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Geneanet |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Mellby>{{Cite web |last=Mellby |first=Julie |date=2014-09-05 |title=Zuber/Spoerlin family tree |url=https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2014/09/05/zuberspoerlin-family-tree/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Graphic Arts |language=en-US}}</ref> * Frédéric Zuber (1803-1891), who married Amélie Elisabeth Frauger and had one son; Charles Eugène Zuber.<ref name=tree/><ref name=Mellby/>

Zuber died aged 79 at his residence ''La Commanderie Park'' in Rixheim.

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