Complex sentence: The traditional position of docent applied to people of the same competence as a Professor who did not hold a professorial "chair" and who formally ranked below Professors, was abolished in 1985, when all docents received the title of professor.
Split into simpler sentences: The traditional position of docent applied to people of the same competence as a Professor who did not hold a professorial "chair" and who formally ranked below Professors. The position was abolished in 1985, when all docents received the title of professor.