Complex sentence: Henry Duncan (24 November 1735--7 October 1814), a British naval officer who participated in the American Revolutionary War, was born in Dundee, Scotland on to Alexander Duncan, Town Clerk of Dundee and Isobel Crawford.
Split into simpler sentences: Henry Duncan (24 November 1735--7 October 1814), a British naval officer who participated in the American Revolutionary War. Duncan was born in Dundee, Scotland on to Alexander Duncan, Town Clerk of Dundee, and Isobel Crawford.