Complex sentence: Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23,1838--April 7,1915), United States author, artist and engineer, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, a descendant of Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
Split into simpler sentences: Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23,1838--April 7,1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, a descendant of Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.