Complex sentence: Richard Elliss Bodenham Makinson (5 May 1913--15 January 1979), known as R.E.B. or Dick Makinson, was an Australian physicist who contributed to the understanding of thermal conductivity in crystals.
Split into simpler sentences: Richard Elliss Bodenham Makinson (5 May 1913--15 January 1979), known as R.E.B. or Dick Makinson, was an Australian physicist. He contributed to the understanding of thermal conductivity in crystals.