Complex sentence: On a date unspecified in Heber's published biographical information, his father died, leaving the living of Hodnet vacant; thus, immediately upon his ordination in 1807 Heber, at the age of 24, was inducted as rector of Hodnet.
Split into simpler sentences: On a date unspecified in Heber's published biographical information, his father died, leaving the living of Hodnet vacant. Immediately upon his ordination in 1807 Heber, at the age of 24, was inducted as rector of Hodnet.