Complex sentence: William Black (1841-1898), author born in Glasgow, Scotland, November 13,1841, was educated with a view to being a landscape painter, a training that clearly influenced his literary life.
Split into simpler sentences: William Black (1841-1898) was an author born in Glasgow, Scotland, November 13,1841. He was educated with a view to being a landscape painter, a training that clearly influenced his literary life.