Complex sentence: Edward George Ballard (1791-1860) was an English miscellaneous writer, born 22 April 1791 in Islington, Middlesex, the son of Edward Ballard, an alderman of Salisbury, Wiltshire and Elizabeth, daughter of G. F. Benson of that city.
Split into simpler sentences: Edward George Ballard (1791-1860) was an English miscellaneous writer. Ballard was born on 22 April, 1791 in Islington, Middlesex, the son of Edward Ballard, an alderman of Salisbury, Wiltshire and Elizabeth, daughter of G. F. Benson of that city.