Complex sentence: Sir Walter Elliot (16 January 1803--1 March 1887) was a Scottish civil servant in India who was also an eminent orientalist, linguist, naturalist and ethnologist who worked mainly in the Presidency of Madras.
Split into simpler sentences: Sir Walter Elliot (16 January 1803--1 March 1887) was a Scottish civil servant in India. He was also an eminent orientalist, linguist, naturalist and ethnologist who worked mainly in the Presidency of Madras.