originator

(eg. house, grace, vexed )

originator /ə ˈrɪ dʒə ˌneɪ tər/ ?

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He is the rarest of creatures in the imitative and adaptive world of entertainment, an originator.
The Red Cross was the brainchild of Switzerland's Henri Dunant, who was also the originator of the Geneva Convention.
Wilson was to a large extent the originator of the League as it is now working at Geneva, although he took care to say that the idea of a.

"He was an innovator, he was an emancipator, he was an originator. Rap music, all that stuff came from James Brown," entertainer Little Richard, a longtime friend of Brown's, told MSNBC. "A great treasure is gone."
on Dec 25, 2006 By: Little Richard Source: Forbes
"I wasn't the originator of that comment," Muhammad said. "It actually was made when I signed in Chicago (before the 2005 season). Someone questioned why I went to Chicago because of that comment. I tried to discredit it as much as I could...
on Sep 10, 2008 By: Muhsin Muhammad Source: Chicago Daily Herald
"Even as New Century spiraled toward bankruptcy, its risky lending practices exposed to the public, Morgan Stanley continued to lend money to the subprime originator," she said.
on Jun 24, 2010 By: Martha Coakley Source: New York Times (blog)