What is Milton S. Hershey?
[[File:Milton S. Hershey, 1910.jpg |thumb|right|210px|Hershey in 1910]] '''Milton Snavely Hershey''' (September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945) was an [[Americans|American]] confectioner, philanthropist, and the founder of the [[Hershey's]] candy company. Hershey was born on September 13, 1857 in [[Derry Township, Pennsylvania]].<ref>Coyle, Millie L. [http://www.hersheyhistory.org/milton.html ''Milton Snavely Hershey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307032123/http://www.hersheyhistory.org/milton.html |date=2011-03-07 }} HersheyHistory.org</ref> In 1887, Hershey created the [[Lancaster Caramel Company]]. He created many kinds of [[caramel]]s. He began experimenting with [[chocolates]] at the [[Chicago World's Fair]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hersheys.com/our-story.aspx#/timeline/1893|title=Hershey's History|publisher=Hershey.com|accessdate=August 27, 2014}}</ref> On March 2, 1903, he began construction on what was to become the world’s largest chocolate manufacturing company, only he didn't know that it would become a large company. In 1935, Hershey established the M.S. Hershey Foundation, a private charitable foundation that provides educational and cultural opportunities for Hershey residents. Hershey supplied the U.S. armed forces with [[chocolate bar]]s during [[World War II]]. These bars were called Ration D Bars and Tropical Chocolate Bars. Hershey was married to Catherine Sweeney from 1898 until her death in 1915. In 1912 Hershey was supposed to go on the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']], but business concerns forced him to take an earlier ship from Europe to the United States. Sweeney died three years later. Hershey died on October 13, 1945 from natural causes in [[Hershey, Pennsylvania]], a town named after him, aged 88 years old. Hershey started a school for orphaned children. He gave the Hershey Trust to that school. He made a town for his workers. Unlike other worker towns, it was comfortable and not expensive. Among many of the places he built for his workers to go to in