Complex sentence: John Townsend Trowbridge (September 18,1827--February 12,1916) was an American author born in Ogden, New York, USA, to Windsor Stone Trowbridge and Rebecca Willey.
Split into simpler sentences: John Townsend Trowbridge (September 18,1827--February 12,1916) was an American author. Trowbridge was born in Ogden, New York, to Windsor Stone Trowbridge and Rebecca Willey.