Complex sentence: Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (31 October 1828--27 May 1914) was a British physicist and chemist born in Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, in 1828 and is most famous for the invention of the incandescent light bulb before its independent invention by the American Thomas Edison.
Split into simpler sentences: Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (31 October 1828--27 May 1914) was a British physicist and chemist born in Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, in 1828. He is most famous for inventing an incandescent light bulb before its independent invention by the American Thomas Edison.