Authors with Most First Quotations

In most cases, the first example of a given word does not represent the actual coinage, merely the first example that has been discovered. Nonetheless, it's interesting to see who is at the top of the list.

Author Number of First Quotations
Edward E. Smith 44
John W. Campbell, Jr. 34
Edmond Hamilton 32
Robert A. Heinlein 32
Isaac Asimov 23
Jack Williamson 23
Poul Anderson 19
Nat Schachner 16
Forrest J. Ackerman 15
Harl Vincent 15
James Blish 13
H. G. Wells 11
L. Sprague de Camp 10
Larry Niven 10
Ray Cummings 10
George Lucas 10
Murray Leinster 10
Robert Silverberg 9
Otto Binder 9
Henry Kuttner 9
A. E. van Vogt 9
Malcolm Jameson 8
Nelson S. Bond 8
George O. Smith 8
Hugo Gernsback 8
J. R. R. Tolkien 7
Garrett P. Serviss 7
Philip K. Dick 7
Clifford D. Simak 7
P. Schuyler Miller 7