Complex sentence: Born at West Hallam, Derbyshire on 7 January 1799, to John and Mary Potter, he went to Risley grammar school, and later to the grammar school at Wirksworth.
Split into simpler sentences: Born at West Hallam on 7 January 1799, to John and Mary Potter of West Hallam, Derbyshire. Potter went to Risley grammar school, and later the grammar school at Wirksworth.