prediscoverer

Noun

 * 1) One who prediscovers.
 * 2) * 1985, Wilfried Schröder, International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy. Interdivisional Commission on History, Historical Events and People in Geosciences: Selected Papers (page 70)
 * While the auroral oval was not recognized at the time, Gordon Shepherd a former student and facutly [sic] member at the University of Saskatchewan has called Currie the "prediscoverer" of the auroral oval.