an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands
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Gaul \Gaul\, n. [F. Gaule, fr. L. Gallia, fr. Gallus a Gaul.] 1. The Anglicized form of Gallia, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul).
2. A native or inhabitant of Gaul.
It also was the second award for the author of the Inquirer series, Gilbert Gaul.
Gilbert Gaul wrote the prize-winning series on the blood industry.
Here are the winners of the 1990 Pulitzer Prizes: Public service _ The Philadelphia Inquirer, for reporting by Gilbert M. Gaul, and the Washington (N.C.) Daily News.
National reporting _ Charles R. Babcock, The Washington Post, congressional abuses of power; Gilbert M. Gaul, The Philadelphia Inquirer, operation of blood industry (winner in public service).