Complex sentence: John Westlake (4 February 1828--14 April 1913) was an English law scholar, born at Lostwithiel, Cornwall, the son of a Cornish wool-stapler.
Split into simpler sentences: John Westlake (4 February 1828--14 April 1913) was an English law scholar. He was born at Lostwithiel, Cornwall, the son of a Cornish wool-stapler.