Complex sentence: Robert French (1690--29 May 1772) was an Irish judge of the Court of Common Pleas; he was extremely unpopular with his colleagues, who thought poorly of him as a lawyer and a judge.
Split into simpler sentences: Robert French (1690--29 May 1772) was an Irish judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was extremely unpopular with his colleagues, who thought poorly of him both as a lawyer and a judge.