Complex sentence: Johann Georg Jacobi (September 2,1740--January 4,1814), German poet, elder brother of the philosopher, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, was born at Pempelfort near Düsseldorf.
Split into simpler sentences: Johann Georg Jacobi (September 2,1740--January 4,1814) was a German poet. The elder brother of the philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Johann Georg was born at Pempelfort near Düsseldorf.