Complex sentence: Modern botany traces its roots back to Ancient Greece, specifically to Theophrastus (c.371--287 BC), a student of Aristotle who invented and described many of its principles and is widely regarded in the scientific community as the "Father of Botany".
Split into simpler sentences: Modern botany traces its roots to Ancient Greece, specifically to Theophrastus (c.371--287 BC), a student of Aristotle who invented and described many of the principles of modern botany. Due to his significant contributions to the incipient field, Theophrastus is widely regarded in the scientific community as the "Father of Botany".