Complex sentence: Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon (1586--Nov.14,1643) was a prominent aristocrat and literary patron in England during the first half of the seventeenth century.
Split into simpler sentences: Henry Hastings, 5th Earl of Huntingdon (1586--Nov.14,1643). He eventually became prominent aristocrat in England during the first half of the seventeenth century.