Complex sentence: Abel Clarin de la Rive, born at Chalon-sur-Saône, 1855-died at Chalon-sur-Saône, 1914, was a historian, essayist, journalist, and staunch anti-Masonic French writer.
Split into simpler sentences: Abel Clarin de la Rive was born at Chalon-sur-Saône, in 1855, and died at Chalon-sur-Saône, in 1914. He was a historian, essayist, journalist, and staunch anti-Masonic French writer.