Complex sentence: Robert Maitland Brereton (January 2,1834-December 7,1911) was an English railway engineer in India and in the USA he helped secure the first Act of Congress for the irrigation of California.
Split into simpler sentences: Robert Maitland Brereton (January 2,1834--December 7,1911) was an English railway engineer in India. In the United States he helped secure the first Act of Congress for the irrigation of California.