Complex sentence: Distinguished in medicine and science, President of both the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians, the books and objects Sloane collected, including those auctioned in 1711 from the libraries of Thomas Browne and his son Edward, became the foundation of the British Museum.
Split into simpler sentences: Distinguished in medicine and science, Sloane was President of both the Royal Society and the Royal College of Physicians. The books and objects he collected, including those auctioned from the libraries of Thomas Browne and his son Edward in 1711, became the foundation of the British Museum.