Complex sentence: Buckland was a pioneer of zoophagy, his favourite research was eating the animal kingdom, a habit learnt from his father, whose residence, the Deanery, offered such rare delights as mice in batter, squirrel pie, horse's tongue and ostrich.
Split into simpler sentences: Buckland was a pioneer of zoophagy: his favourite research was eating the animal kingdom. This habit he learnt from his father, whose residence, the Deanery, offered such rare delights as mice in batter, squirrel pie, horse's tongue and ostrich.