Julius Maggi

1900

Julius Michael Johannes Maggi (Frauenfeld, Switzerland, 9 October 1846 – Küsnacht, 19 October 1912) was a Swiss entrepreneur, inventor of precooked soups^{[citation needed]} and the Maggi spice. He was the youngest of five children of Michael Maggi, an immigrant from Italy, and his Swiss wife Sophie. He died in 1912 after a stroke. He married twice, and had four daughters and two sons.

References

• Hartmut Vincon (Hrsg.), Frank Wedekinds Maggi-Zeit, Verlag Jürgen Häusser, Darmstadt 1995. ISBN 3-927902-71-3.
• Short biography on Nestlé website