Stephen Butterworth was born on 11 August 1885 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England (a town located about 10 miles north of the city of Manchester).
He was the son of Alexander Butterworth, a postman, and Elizabeth (maiden name Wynn).
[4] For the next 11 years he was a physics lecturer at the Manchester Municipal College of Technology.
For example, he determined the electromagnetic field around submarine cables carrying alternating current,[5] and he investigated underwater explosions and the stability of torpedoes.
He died on 28 October 1958 at his home in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, England at the age of 73.