Complex sentence: John Clarke Whitfield (sometimes Whitfeld) (13 December 1770--22 February 1836), English organist and composer, was born at Gloucester, and educated at Oxford under Dr Philip Hayes.
Split into simpler sentences: John Clarke Whitfield (sometimes Whitfeld) (13 December 1770--22 February 1836), English organist and composer. He was born at Gloucester, and educated at Oxford under Dr Philip Hayes.