Thomas Snyder
Encyclopedia
Thomas Snyder is an American
puzzle creator and world-champion sudoku
solver. He writes a puzzle blog as Dr. Sudoku.
. He attended Amherst Central High School before getting degrees from the California Institute of Technology
and Harvard University
and doing post-doctoral work at Stanford University
's bioengineering department.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
puzzle creator and world-champion sudoku
Sudoku
is a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 9...
solver. He writes a puzzle blog as Dr. Sudoku.
Early life and education
Thomas Snyder grew up in the suburbs of Buffalo, New YorkBuffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
. He attended Amherst Central High School before getting degrees from the California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
and Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and doing post-doctoral work at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
's bioengineering department.
Puzzle championships
- World Sudoku Champion 2007, 2008 & 2011
- U.S. Sudoku Champion 2007
- U.S. Puzzle Champion 2006-2010