Complex sentence: Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Gordon was educated at the Methodist College Belfast and at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where as an undergraduate, Gordon was placed in the first class of the Oriental Studies Tripos.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Gordon was educated at the Methodist College Belfast. As an undergraduate member of St Catharine's College, Gordon was placed in the first class of the Oriental Studies Tripos.