Vicente Gullas

Vicente Arandia Gullas (January 12, 1888 – December 22, 1970) was a Filipino writer, lawyer, and educator from Cebu, Philippines. Founder of the Visayan Institute, he introduced innovation in educational system through the establishment of working student and study-now-pay-later schemes and of satellite schools to allow students from locations outside Cebu City. In 2019, he was hailed as one of the top 100 Cebuano personalities.

As a writer, he published three editions of the English-Cebuano-Spanish dictionary, wrote poems that were printed in the Cebuano periodical, Ang Suga, and published the 1938 historical fiction, Lapu-lapu: Ang Nagbuntog Kang Magellan (Lapu-lapu: The Conqueror of Magellan), which was republished in 2007.

Early life and education Vicente Gullas was born to Herminigildo Gullas and Necifora Arandia in Cebu City on January 12, 1888. who perished during World War II.

His parents were of modest means, and he worked to pay for his high school studies such as getting employed as a clerk and checker on shipping vessels operating in Cebu City. Upon moving in Manila, he became a reporter while continuing his education and attended Manila High School in 1909 On October 1, 1921, he transformed the management of the school from sole proprietorship to a non-stock corporation and invited friends as its incorporators such as Pantaleon E. Del Rosario, Manuel C. Briones, Eugenio S. del Rosario, and his brother Paulino.

Renamed as the University of the Visayas in 1948, In 1938, he published the novel of historical fiction, Lapu-lapu: Ang Nagbuntog Kang Magellan (Lapu-lapu: The Conqueror of Magellan). The book was relaunched on March 12, 2007, with introduction and annotation by Resil Mojares and English translation by Erlinda K. Alburo. Critic Alfred A. Yuson commented that the novel was a fictional biography of Lapu-lapu that "merged moralistic teachings with a near-mythic tale of Lapu-lapu's growth as a young boy of athletic prowess and dauntless courage."

Later years He died on December 22, 1970. and (1937) editions Philippine Government: Development, Organization, Functions and Comparative Organic Studies Lapu-lapu: Ang Nagbuntog Kang Magellan (Lapu-lapu: The Conqueror of Magellan) (2007)