Complex sentence: Diego Rodríguez (1569, Mexico City--1668) was a mathematician, astronomer, educator, and technological innovator in New Spain, one of the most important figures in the scientific field in the colony in the second half of the seventeenth century.
Split into simpler sentences: Diego Rodríguez (1569, Mexico City--1668) was a mathematician, astronomer, educator, and technological innovator in New Spain. He was one of the most important figures in the scientific field in the colony in the second half of the seventeenth century.