Category:John Lyly

**John Lyly**
	English playwright, poet and dramatist (c.1553/4-1606)
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Name in native language	John Lyly;
Date of birth	1554; Kent
Date of death	18 November 1606; London
Place of burial	St Bartholomew-the-Less;
Country of citizenship	Kingdom of England;
Educated at	Magdalen College; University of Cambridge; University of Oxford;
Occupation	playwright; writer; novelist; politician;
Position held	Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England; Member of the 1589 Parliament; Member of the 1593 Parliament; Member of the 1597-98 Parliament; Member of the 1601 Parliament;
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John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie) (c. 1553 or 1554 – November 1606) was an English writer, best known for his books Euphues: The Anatomy of Wyt and Euphues and His England. Lyly's linguistic style, originating in his first books, is known as Euphuism.