Charles Sumner Olcott
Born1864
Terre Haute, Indiana
DiedMay 4, 1935
Cambridge, Massachusetts
EducationDePauw University
Occupation(s)Non-fiction writer, and apparently also a photographer. His photographs were used as the basis of the illustrations in the 1913 Houghton Mifflin edition of "The House of Seven Gables."
Children2 sons

Charles S. Olcott (1864 - May 4, 1935) was an American non-fiction writer. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, he graduated from DePauw University and worked in publishing as the general manager of the private library of Houghton Mifflin.[1][2][3] He was the author of four books, including a two-volume biography of President William McKinley.[4]

Selected works

  • Olcott, Charles S. (1910). George Eliot: Scenes and People in her novels. New York: T. Y. Crowell & co. OCLC 3844186.
  • Olcott, Charles S. (1913). The Country of Sir Walter Scott. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 1065419675.
  • Olcott, Charles S. (1914). The Lure of the Camera. New York: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 498836607.
  • Olcott, Charles S. (1916). The Life of William McKinley. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 734046343.

References

  1. ↑ "Charles S. Olcott". The Hartford Courant. May 5, 1935. p. 32. Retrieved January 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Charles S. Olcott". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 5, 1935. p. 15. Retrieved January 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Charles S. Olcott". The Daily News. May 5, 1935. p. 52. Retrieved January 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Online Books by Charles S. Olcott". Online Books Page. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
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