Complex sentence: The son of Mary Abbs (neé Bullock), a shop assistant and Eric Abbs, a bus driver, he is the author of ten books of poetry and numerous works on the philosophy of education and creative writing.
Split into simpler sentences: The son of Mary Abbs (neé Bullock), a shop assistant and Eric Abbs, a bus driver. He is the author of ten books of poetry and numerous works on the philosophy of education and creative writing.