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
Robert A. Heinlein 33
John W. Campbell, Jr. 33
Edmond Hamilton 28
Jack Williamson 23
Isaac Asimov 21
Poul Anderson 18
Nat Schachner 16
Harl Vincent 15
Forrest J. Ackerman 15
James Blish 12
H. G. Wells 11
Ray Cummings 10
George Lucas 10
L. Sprague de Camp 10
Larry Niven 10
Malcolm Jameson 9
Robert Silverberg 9
Henry Kuttner 9
A. E. van Vogt 9
Murray Leinster 9
Hugo Gernsback 8
George O. Smith 8
Nelson S. Bond 8
Philip K. Dick 7
P. Schuyler Miller 7
Clifford D. Simak 7
Arthur Leo Zagat 7
John Russell Fearn 7
Garrett P. Serviss 7