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 43
John W. Campbell, Jr. 33
Robert A. Heinlein 33
Edmond Hamilton 28
Jack Williamson 23
Isaac Asimov 21
Poul Anderson 18
Nat Schachner 16
Forrest J. Ackerman 15
Harl Vincent 15
James Blish 13
H. G. Wells 11
George Lucas 10
L. Sprague de Camp 10
Larry Niven 10
Ray Cummings 10
Robert Silverberg 9
Henry Kuttner 9
A. E. van Vogt 9
Murray Leinster 9
Malcolm Jameson 9
Hugo Gernsback 8
George O. Smith 8
Nelson S. Bond 8
Clifford D. Simak 7
Arthur Leo Zagat 7
John Russell Fearn 7
Garrett P. Serviss 7
J. R. R. Tolkien 7
Philip K. Dick 7