Complex sentence: Johann August Ernesti (August 4,1707-September 11,1781), German theologian and philologist, was born at Tennstadt in Thuringia, of which place his father was pastor, besides being superintendent of the electoral dioceses of Thuringia, Salz and Sangerhausen.
Split into simpler sentences: Johann August Ernesti (August 4,1707-September 11,1781), was a German theologian and philologist. He was born at Tennstadt in Thuringia, where his father was pastor, besides being superintendent of the electoral dioceses of Thuringia, Salz and Sangerhausen.