5.1.2.1 Modern Authors

Whenever possible, give an author’s or editor’s full first name and middle name or initial rather than using initials alone. However, if a person customarily publishes under initials, retain that form. For example, cite J. F. C. Fuller, not John Frederick Charles Fuller, when that is the established form of the name.

Initials should be followed by periods and separated by spaces, preferably nonbreaking spaces. In a bibliography, use one consistent form of a person’s name across all entries. Do not list the same author under different versions of the name simply because different title pages present the name differently. For capitalization, particles in names, and non-English names, see §4.2: Alphabetizing and CMS17, §8.4–17.