Complex sentence: James Francis McMillan (10 April 1948--22 February 2010) was a Scottish historian and author, head of the History Department of Strathclyde University, a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Professor of History at Edinburgh University.
Split into simpler sentences: James Francis McMillan (1948--2010) was a Scottish historian and author. He will be remembered as the head of the History Department of Strathclyde University, as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and as Professor of History at Edinburgh University.