Complex sentence: Kingsley and Hilly met in Oxford in May 1946; he was reading English at St John's, while she was studying at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, after attending Bedales.
Split into simpler sentences: Kingsley and Hilly met in Oxford in May 1946. He was reading English at St John's College, Oxford, while she was studying at The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, after attending Bedales.