Vicente Gullas

Vicente Gullas
Born	(1888-01-12)January 12, 1888 Cebu City, Cebu, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died	December 22, 1970(1970-12-22) (aged 82) Cebu, Philippines
Monuments	Vicente Gullas Memorial Hospital[1] Vicente Gullas Street, Cebu City
Nationality	Philippines
Alma mater	Cebu High School Manila High School University of the Philippines
Occupations	Lawyer Educator Writer
Known for	Founder of the Visayan Institute English-Cebuano-Spanish Dictionary Author of Lapu-lapu: Ang Nagbuntog Kang Magellan
Spouse	Josefina Rivera Gullas
Children	Eduardo Gullas Jose Gullas Gliceria Gullas
Relatives	Paulino Gullas (brother)

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.