Complex sentence: He received his higher education in Hamburg and Munich where he studied law, philosophy, musicology, and literature; he earned a doctorate upon the completion of a thesis concerning the concept of natural law in the early writings of Schelling.
Split into simpler sentences: He received his higher education in Hamburg and Munich, where he studied law, philosophy, musicology, and literature. He earned a doctorate upon the completion of a thesis concerning the concept of natural law in the early writings of Schelling.