Complex sentence: He studied for the bar before being ordained after a period of study at Durham University, and was a Curate at Puddletown "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889 before Edinburgh incumbencies.
Split into simpler sentences: He studied for the bar before being ordained after a period of study at Durham University. He was a Curate at Puddletown "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889 before Edinburgh incumbencies.