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 |
Robert A. Heinlein | 32 |
Edmond Hamilton | 25 |
Jack Williamson | 21 |
Isaac Asimov | 20 |
Forrest J. Ackerman | 15 |
Poul Anderson | 15 |
Harl Vincent | 15 |
James Blish | 11 |
H. G. Wells | 11 |
Nat Schachner | 11 |
Larry Niven | 11 |
Ray Cummings | 10 |
Malcolm Jameson | 10 |
A. E. van Vogt | 10 |
George Lucas | 9 |
L. Sprague de Camp | 9 |
Robert Silverberg | 9 |
P. Schuyler Miller | 8 |
Nelson S. Bond | 8 |
Henry Kuttner | 8 |
Murray Leinster | 8 |
Hugo Gernsback | 7 |
Gardner Dozois | 6 |
Olaf Stapledon | 6 |
George O. Smith | 6 |
J. R. R. Tolkien | 6 |
George Griffith | 6 |
Garrett P. Serviss | 6 |