Lyly
JOHN (lil'i), an English dramatist; born in 1554. He was graduated at Oxford in 1573; went to London, where he engaged in literary work and tried to establish himself at court; was a member of Parliament in 1589, 1593, 1597, and 1601. He is noteworthy prinaccount of his two books cipally on account of his two books "Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit" (1579), and "Euphues and his England" (1580), which were the first serious attempts in English to use words as mere musical notes, quite subordinating the matter to the sound. His influence is clear and strong on Sidney and Spenser.
He died in London, in 1606.