William Tyler Olcott (1873–1936) was an American lawyer and amateur astronomer.
In 1909, after attending a lecture by Edward Charles Pickering, he developed an interest in observing variable stars. In 1911, he founded the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) . W. Olcott also published several books to popularize the field of amateur astronomy.
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