Tom Griffiths spent the early part of his teaching career in England. Upon moving to Canada he rapidly became a leader in mathematics enrichment.
He attended Hounslow College in Middlesex, Imperial College at the University of London and the University of Durham in Newcastle. Later on he continued his education at the University of Waterloo and the University of Western Ontario.
Tom began teaching at the Newcastle England School for Blind Children, then went to a school in Crawley, West Sussex. In Ontario he taught at North Lambton S.S. in Forest (department head). He also taught at A.B. Lucas S.S. in London, Ontario, at the University of Western Ontario, and at Althouse College. Tom has made valuable contributions to a number of mathematics competitions - notably the U.S.A. Olympiad, the Descartes Contest, andf the International Mathematics Olympiad in Finland in 1985, at which he was the Canadian team's deputy leader. He has written textbooks and provincial curricula, has played important roles with W.O.M.A., and was president of O.A.M.E. in 1976-77.
In 1996, after his retirement, Tom set up the Mathematics Challenge Program at the University of Western Ontario - and in 2000 was given the honorary title of Mathematics Co-ordinator for Western's mathematics department.
Tom is involved in Morris and Playford dancing, model ship-building, music and travel.