Complex sentence: He studied modern philology and music in London, Paris, Berlin, and Leipzig, and earned a Ph.D. in 1869 from the University of Göttingen for a critical edition of the works of Guillem de Cabestant, a 12th-century troubadour.
Split into simpler sentences: He studied modern philology and music in London, Paris, Berlin, and Leipzig. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Göttingen in 1869 for a critical edition of the works of Guillem de Cabestant, a 12th-century troubadour.