| Charles Sumner Olcott | |
| Birth Date: | 1864 |
| Death Date: | May 4, 1935 |
| Death Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Education: | DePauw University |
| Occupation: | 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." |
| Children: | 2 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]