Complex sentence: John Bonamy Challen was born in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, on 26 March 1863, the son of a school master based at Ruthin Grammar School, though the family home was in Nunney, near Frome in east Somerset.
Split into simpler sentences: John Bonamy Challen was born in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, on 26 March 1863. He was the son of a school master based at Ruthin Grammar School, though the family home was in Nunney, near Frome in east Somerset.