Vincent Jacob Rother was born in Canada on 13 November 1912 and studied engineering in McGill University in Montreal from where he graduated in 1930. He then attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was awarded a BSc. in 1934. In c.1935 he moved to London, England and briefly studied at the Architectural Association, following which he worked with Knapp Fisher and Jack Ratcliffe.
A photograph of a bedsitting room designed by Rother and T.A.L. Belton is illustrated in 'Decorative Art' 1943-48 (p.37). A workroom-bedroom designed by Rother is also featured in 'Furnishing the Small Home: Volume 2' (London: The Studio Ltd, 1953) and was subsequently illustrated in 'Art and Industry' May 1953 (p.178). Rother was elected Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1938. His address was given as 6 Bryanston Street, Portman Square, London in 1938; and 49 Roland Gardens, Kensington, London, England in 1939.
In 1947 he returned to Canada and joined in partnership with Charles Elliot Trudeau (1922-?) and John Bland (1911-?) in Montreal. He had his own independent practice in Montreal in the 1950s. He died in 1959.