STANISLAS (1759-1833), French man of letters, was born at Strasbourg on May 6, 1759, and died in Paris on May 9, 1833. He was educated for the bar, and under the Convention was a civil judge in the court of cessation. He became presi dent of the Tribunat, but was displaced because of his irrecon cilable opposition to the civil code. In his retirement he returned to dramatic writing. He had made a hit in 1788 with Les Etourdis and he now produced Moliere avec ses amis (1804) . Among his later . plays were La Comedienne (1816) and Lucius Junius Brutus (183o). As professor of literature at the College de France, he maintained the classical tradition and opposed the growing romantic school. In 1829 he became perpetual secre tary to the Academy, and worked hard at the completion of the Dictionary.
See also A. H. Taillandier, Notice sur la vie et les ouvrages d'Andri eux (185o) ; Portraits litteraires, vol. i.