Oliver Butterworth (May 23, 1915 – September 17, 1990) was an American children's author and educator.
Three of his books took place in the New England area of the United States in which he was born and raised.
His most popular book was The Enormous Egg, the fanciful story of farmboy Nate Twitchell who raises a dinosaur (a triceratops named "Uncle Beazley") that hatches from a hen's egg in 1950s New England.
[2] In 1940, he married fellow teacher and political activist Miriam Brooks and the couple had four children.
[3] Butterworth died of melanoma at his home in West Hartford, Connecticut, at the age of 75.