Complex sentence: Howes was assistant professor of zoology at the Normal School of Science from 1885, and from 1895 was first professor of zoology at the Royal College of Science in South Kensington.
Split into simpler sentences: Howes was assistant professor of zoology at the Normal School of Science from 1885. From 1895, Howes was first professor of zoology at the Royal College of Science in South Kensington.