Who gave Stephenson his first professional appointment?
Nicholas Wood
James Walker
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
John Buddle
Answer
Stephenson was given his first professional appointment by Nicholas Wood. Wood was the editor of The Leeds Mercury newspaper and a fellow railway enthusiast. He appointed Stephenson to be the resident engineer on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which was the first public railway to be built in Britain.
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