Complex sentence: Henry Harland (1 March 1861--20 December 1905), novelist and editor, was born in Brooklyn and attended the City College of New York and for a short spell Harvard Divinity School.
Split into simpler sentences: Henry Harland (1 March 1861--20 December 1905) was an American novelist and editor. Harland was born in Brooklyn and attended the City College of New York and for a short spell Harvard Divinity School.