CAMPISTRON, JEAN GALBERT DE (1656-1723), French dramatist, was born at Toulouse of noble family. At the age of 17 he was wounded in a duel and sent to Paris, where he became an ardent disciple of Racine. In 1685 he scored his first success with Andronic, which disguised under other names the tragic story of Don Carlos and Elizabeth of France. Racine was asked by Louis Joseph, duc de Vendome, to write the book of an opera to be performed at a fete given in honour of the Dauphin. He handed on the commission to Campistron, who pro duced Acis et Galathee for Lulli's music. He wrote many trage dies and two comedies, one of which, Le Jaloux desabuse, has been considered by some judges to be his best work. In 1686 he had been made intendant to the duc de Vendome and followed him to Italy and Spain, accompanying him on all his campaigns. If he was not a good poet he was an honest man under circumstances in which corruption was easy and usual. Many honours were con ferred on him, and in 1701 he was received into the Academy.