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 |
Robert A. Heinlein | 33 |
John W. Campbell, Jr. | 33 |
Edmond Hamilton | 28 |
Jack Williamson | 22 |
Isaac Asimov | 20 |
Poul Anderson | 18 |
Nat Schachner | 16 |
Harl Vincent | 15 |
Forrest J. Ackerman | 13 |
James Blish | 12 |
H. G. Wells | 11 |
Larry Niven | 10 |
Ray Cummings | 10 |
George Lucas | 10 |
L. Sprague de Camp | 10 |
Henry Kuttner | 9 |
A. E. van Vogt | 9 |
Murray Leinster | 9 |
Malcolm Jameson | 9 |
Robert Silverberg | 9 |
George O. Smith | 8 |
Nelson S. Bond | 8 |
Arthur Leo Zagat | 8 |
John Russell Fearn | 7 |
Garrett P. Serviss | 7 |
Fritz Leiber | 7 |
J. R. R. Tolkien | 7 |
Philip K. Dick | 7 |
P. Schuyler Miller | 7 |