Complex sentence: Alain Desrosières (18 April 1940--15 February 2013) was a statistician at the INSEE and a sociologist and historian of science at the EHESS (France), well known for his work in the history of statistics.
Split into simpler sentences: Alain Desrosières (18 April 1940--15 February 2013) was a statistician at the INSEE and a sociologist and historian of science at the EHESS (France). He is well known for his work in the history of statistics.