Complex sentence: Hartley Coleridge (September 19,1796-January 6,1849), English man of letters, eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was born near Bristol.
Split into simpler sentences: Hartley Coleridge (September 19,1796-January 6,1849) was an English man of letters. He was the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was born near Bristol.