primogenitor

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.

Another mandatory insider activity is attending, at least once, a production of participatory, experimental theater — especially at the primogenitor of it all, the Living Theater.

"A direct communication of the Divine Will was made to the primogenitors 88 of our race," and to this source alone we are indebted for all correct ideas of right and wrong.