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Information trouvée : POST, GAINES (1902-1987). Gaines Post, teacher, scholar, and historian, was born on
March 7, 1902, in Haskell, Texas. He graduated from Haskell High School in 1920 and
went to the University of Texas in Austin, where he received his B.A. in 1924. He
then went to Harvard University, where he received an M.A. in 1925 and a Ph.D. in
1931. He spent two years, 1927-28, doing research on medieval history and culture
at the École de Chartres in France, and also in Italy, Germany, and England. After
returning to Harvard in 1929, Post served as an instructor and tutor in medieval history
for the next six years. In the fall of 1935 Post began teaching in the history department
at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He was made a full professor in 1941. In
1959-60 he was instructor for advanced study at Princeton University. He also was
chairman of the Institute of Research and Study in Medieval Canon Law. In 1964 Post
accepted a faculty position at Princeton University, where he remained until his retirement
as a professor of history, emeritus, in 1970. After retiring from teaching, he moved
back to Haskell, which served as his home base during his last years. He died on December
19, 1987