▁in ▁Buff alo , ▁New ▁York ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 3 . ▁He ▁attended ▁a ▁technical ▁high ▁school , ▁then ▁en rolled ▁in ▁R ens sel a er ▁Poly techn ic ▁Institute . ▁Vincent ▁left ▁R PI ▁without ▁comple ting ▁his ▁fresh man ▁year , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁marry . ▁He ▁married ▁Ruth ▁Hoff , ▁and ▁they ▁had ▁two ▁children , ▁a ▁son ▁and ▁a ▁daughter . ▁Vincent ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁mechanical ▁engineer ▁for ▁West ing house , ▁special izing ▁in ▁the ▁installation ▁and ▁testing ▁of ▁large ▁elect rical ▁appar atus . ▁Later ▁he ▁was ▁employed ▁as ▁a ▁sales ▁engineer , ▁becoming ▁the ▁manager ▁of ▁a ▁local ▁steam ▁division . ▁ ▁Vincent ’ s ▁writing ▁career ▁began ▁after ▁he ▁began ▁reading ▁Hugo ▁G ern s back ’ s ▁pione ering ▁science ▁fiction ▁magazine ▁Ama zing ▁St ories . ▁Vincent ’ s ▁first ▁published ▁story , ▁“ The ▁Golden ▁Girl ▁of ▁Mun an ”, ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁June ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁issue ▁of ▁the ▁magazine . ▁During ▁the ▁next ▁four teen ▁years , ▁Vincent ▁published ▁more ▁than ▁sevent y ▁science ▁fiction ▁stories . ▁Although ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁science ▁fiction ▁mag az ines , ▁he ▁published ▁twice ▁in ▁the ▁general ▁fiction ▁pul p ▁magazine ▁Arg os y . ▁ ▁Although ▁he ▁ceased ▁publishing ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁Vincent ▁remained ▁involved ▁with ▁science ▁fiction . ▁After ▁re loc ating ▁to ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁Vincent ▁joined ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Science ▁Fant asy ▁Society