Complex sentence: He was born in Bohlsbach in Swabia and studied natural history and medicine at the University of Würzburg, going on to the University of Göttingen, where he became a "Privatdozent" (unsalaried lecturer), and abridged his name to Oken.
Split into simpler sentences: He was born in Bohlsbach in Swabia and studied natural history and medicine at the University of Würzburg. He went on to the University of Göttingen, where he became a "Privatdozent" (unsalaried lecturer), and shortened his name to Oken.