THESAURUS
initiator
ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author, begetter, beginner, builder, conceiver, constructor, craftsman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, father, founder, generator, grower, inaugurator, industrialist, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, maker, manufacturer, master, master craftsman, mother, organizer, originator, past master, planner, precursor, prime mover, producer, raiser, realizer, shaper, sire, smith, wright