Complex sentence: Girolamo Fracastoro (1478--1553), a Renaissance man, he studied mathematics, medicine, botany, geology, astronomy, and philosophy in Padua and acquired an extensive knowledge of Latin and Latin literature.
Split into simpler sentences: Girolamo Fracastoro (1478--1553), a Renaissance man. He studied mathematics, medicine, botany, geology, astronomy, and philosophy in Padua and acquired an extensive knowledge of Latin and Latin literature.