Background
Post, Gaines was born on March 7, 1902 in Haskell, Texas, United States. Son of Henry S. and Rachel (Ballard) Post.
Post, Gaines was born on March 7, 1902 in Haskell, Texas, United States. Son of Henry S. and Rachel (Ballard) Post.
AB, University Texas, 1924; AM, Harvard University, 1925; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1931; student, Ecole de Chartes, 1927-1928.
Instructor, tutor, Harvard University, Boston, 1929-1935;
assistant professor of history, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1935-1938;
associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1938-1941;
professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1941-1964;
professor of history, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1964-1970;
professor emeritus, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1970-1987. Lecturer Riccobono Seminar, 1947, Medieval Institute U. Notre Dame, 1949. Fellow Institute Advanced Study, Princeton University, 1959-1960.
Chairman Institute of Research and Study in Medieval Canon Law.
Fellow Medieval Academy American, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society for Legal History (honorary). Member American History Association, Heidelberg Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Klasse (correspondent).
Married Katherine Rike, July 5, 1935. Children: John Fredric, Gaines.