Complex sentence: William James Rolfe, Litt.D. (December 10,1827--July 7,1910) was an American Shakespearean scholar and educator, born in Newburyport, Massachusetts on December 10,1827.
Split into simpler sentences: William James Rolfe, Litt.D. (December 10,1827--July 7,1910) was an American educator and Shakespearean scholar. Rolfe was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts on December 10,1827.