Complex sentence: John Burnet (December 9,1863--May 26,1928) was a Scottish classicist, educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, the University of Edinburgh, and Balliol College, Oxford, receiving his M.A. degree in 1887.
Split into simpler sentences: John Burnet (December 9,1863--May 26,1928) was a Scottish classicist. Burnet was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, the University of Edinburgh, and Balliol College, Oxford, receiving his M.A. degree in 1887.