Complex sentence: Johann Christian Konrad von Hofmann (December 21,1810-December 20,1877), Lutheran theologian and historian, was born at Nuremberg, and studied theology and history at the university of Erlangen.
Split into simpler sentences: Johann Christian Konrad von Hofmann (December 21,1810-December 20,1877) was a Lutheran theologian and historian. He was born at Nuremberg, and studied theology and history at the University of Erlangen.