Complex sentence: Sir Robert Wilson (16 April 1927-2 September 2002) FRS, CBE, Kt, the son of a Durham miner studied physics at King's College, Durham and obtained his PhD in Edinburgh where he worked at the Royal Observatory on stellar spectra.
Split into simpler sentences: Sir Robert Wilson (16 April 1927-2 September 2002) FRS, CBE, Kt, was the son of a Durham miner. He studied physics at King's College, Durham and obtained his PhD in Edinburgh, where he worked at the Royal Observatory on stellar spectra.