Vincent J. Hyde was born in September 1954 in Calcutta, India.
While living in Calcutta, he studied at Saint Xaviers College.
He migrated to Sydney, Australia, in February 1970.
While living in Sydney, he completed his secondary education at Marcellin College and Merrylands High School, where he obtained his Higher School Certificate in 1973.
He completed an Electrical Engineering degree course at the University of New South Wales in 1979.
He completed a postgraduate Diploma in Illumination Design at the University of Sydney in 1983.
He worked as an electrical engineer at the NSW Public Works from 1979 to 2014 and retired from active engineering duties in 2014.
Since 2014, Vincent has been writing to continue his professional development.
He is a current member of the Institution of Engineers Australia MIEAust CPEng (ret).
