Complex sentence: Frazier was born in Asheville, North Carolina, graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1973, earned an M.A. from Appalachian State University in the mid 1970s, and received his Ph.D. in English from the University of South Carolina in 1986.
Split into simpler sentences: Frazier was born in Asheville, North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1973. He earned an M.A. from Appalachian State University in the mid- 1970s, and received his Ph.D. in English from the University of South Carolina in 1986.