He attended a technical high school, then enrolled in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Vincent left RPI without completing his freshman year, in order to marry.

Vincent worked as a mechanical engineer for Westinghouse, specializing in the installation and testing of large electrical apparatus.

Vincent’s first published story, “The Golden Girl of Munan”, appeared in the June 1928 issue of the magazine.

Vincent resumed writing late in life, publishing the novel The Doomsday Planet in 1966 and the story “Invader” in the September 1967 issue of If.