Complex sentence: Carl Wilhelm Scheele (9 December 1742--21 May 1786) was a German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist, born in Stralsund, Western Pomerania, Germany (at the time under Swedish rule).
Split into simpler sentences: Carl Wilhelm Scheele (9 December 1742--21 May 1786) was a German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist. Scheele was born in Stralsund, Western Pomerania, Germany (at the time under Swedish rule).