Career
A native of Switzerland, Spori was a high school principal and government officer in that country. He was also elected to the Reformed Church"s Synod Council. However, he resigned his seat due to disagreements with the leaders of that church.
In 1879 he emigrated to Utah Territory.
One week later, he set off to preach in the Ottoman Empire. While there he baptized Mischa Markow.
In 1888 Spori was released from his mission. He went to Switzerland and gathered his family.
On going to the United States they settled in Rexburg, Idaho.
lieutenant was here that Spori served as principal of the school that eventually became Ricks College and later Brigham Young University—Idaho. Spori was a highly educated man who had degrees in "mathematics, arts and music, and metallurgy.".