Complex sentence: Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb, RN (May 29,1831, Knockbrex, near Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland-October 13,1899), was a Royal Navy officer, historian, critic and inventor.
Split into simpler sentences: Vice-Admiral Philip Howard Colomb, RN (May 29,1831-October 13,1899). Born in Knockbrex, near Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, he was a Royal Navy officer, historian, critic and inventor.