Hershey, Milton Snavely

Hershey, Milton Snavely

▪ American manufacturer

born Sept. 13, 1857, near Hockersville, Pa., U.S.
died Oct. 13, 1945, Hershey, Pa.
 American manufacturer and philanthropist who founded the Hershey Chocolate Corporation and was instrumental in popularizing chocolate candy throughout much of the world.

      Following an incomplete rural school education, Hershey was apprenticed at age 15 to a confectioner in Lancaster, Pa. After completing his apprenticeship in 1876 he set up his own candy shop in Philadelphia, but the venture failed six years later. After an attempt to manufacture candy in New York City also ended in failure, Hershey returned to Lancaster, where his innovative use of fresh milk in caramels proved enormously successful. He set up the Lancaster Caramel Company, which continued to make caramels in the 1890s while Hershey became increasingly interested in chocolate making. In 1900 Hershey sold his caramel company for $1,000,000, after which he concentrated on perfecting a formula for chocolate bars. In 1903 he began building at the site of what became Hershey, Pa., a factory that became the world's largest chocolate manufacturing plant. Based on the popularity of its milk chocolate bars, his new company grew rapidly despite Hershey's refusal to advertise its products. The company town of Hershey received many public amenities under his firm but benevolent control. In 1918 Hershey turned over the bulk of his fortune to the M.S. Hershey Foundation, which supports the Milton Hershey School, a vocational school founded by him.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Hershey,Milton Snavely — Hershey, Milton Snavely. 1857 1945. American industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Hershey Chocolate Company (1903) and established the town of Hershey (1909) near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. * * * …   Universalium

  • Milton Snavely Hershey — Milton S. Hershey Empresario del chocolate Nombre Milton Snavely He …   Wikipedia Español

  • Milton Snavely Hershey — noun United States confectioner and philanthropist who created the model industrial town of Hershey, Pennsylvania; founded an industrial school for orphan boys (1857 1945) • Syn: ↑Hershey • Instance Hypernyms: ↑confectioner, ↑candymaker,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hershey — /herr shee/, n. 1. Alfred Day, 1908 97, U.S. biologist: helped lay the foundation of modern molecular genetics; Nobel prize for medicine 1969. 2. Lewis B(laine), 1893 1977, U.S. Army general: director of the Selective Service System 1941 70. 3.… …   Universalium

  • Milton S. Hershey — Born Milton Snavely Hershey September 13, 1857(1857 09 13) Derry Church, Pennsylvania, United States Died October 13, 1945(1945 10 13 …   Wikipedia

  • Milton Hershey School — Opening new doors for children in need Location Hershey, Pennsylvania United States Coordinates …   Wikipedia

  • Milton S. Hershey — Milton Hershey (1915) Milton Snavely Hershey (* 13. September 1857 in Derry Church, Pennsylvania; † 13. Oktober 1945 in Hershey, Pennsylvania) war ein US amerikanischer Unternehmer. Er wurde berühmt als Gründer der Hershey Chocolate Company und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Hershey´s — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Compañía Hershey The Hershey Bar Fundación 9 de febrero de 1894 Sede …   Wikipedia Español

  • Hershey bar — Una presentación de la barra Hershey. La Hershey bar es una barra de chocolate descrita como The Great American Chocolate Bar (La gran barra de chocolate norteamericana) elaborada y comercializada por la compañía chocolatera americana: The… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Hershey's — Compañía Hershey Fundación 9 de febrero de 1894 Sede …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”