primogenitor

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Hinton had been working on neural networks since his undergraduate days at Cambridge in the late 1960s, and he is seen as the intellectual primogenitor of the contemporary field.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2016

At around the 18-minute mark in this movie rosily extolling the virtues of the American highway, there are about 30 seconds of footage from the primogenitor of the genre.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2015

Since 1966, when he broke his neck in a motorcycle accident, he has avoided reporters almost entirely�much to the despair of millions of young people who idolize him as a primogenitor of the rock generation.

From Time Magazine Archive

This tiny, nameless primogenitor of all living matter may have used some primitive kind of photosynthesis to reproduce itself.

From Time Magazine Archive