Complex sentence: From 1901--1907, he attended the Collége Chaptal and École Speciale des Traveaux publiques in Paris, France and studied road and railway engineering; his grandfather had been a railway specialist.
Split into simpler sentences: From 1901--1907, he attended the Collége Chaptal and École Speciale des Traveaux publiques in Paris, France. He studied road and railway engineering; his grandfather had been a railway specialist.