originator
noun
[ əˈrɪdʒɪneɪtə ]
• a person who creates or initiates something.
• "Wegener was the originator of the theory of continental drift"
Similar:
inventor,
creator,
architect,
author,
prime mover,
father,
mother,
maker,
initiator,
innovator,
founder,
pioneer,
mastermind,
discoverer,
establisher,
developer,
designer,
neoteric,
begetter,