Surname: Lyly Forename(s): John d. 1606. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Writer, playwright, and secretary to the earl of Oxford. Born c. 1553. Educated at
Magdalen College, Oxford. Noted as progenitor of euphuism. Author of Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit (1579) and Euphues and his England (1580). Biographical information: ODNB. (KH, SCM)