Complex sentence: Robert Liston (28 October 1794--7 December 1847) was a pioneering Scottish surgeon, and the son of the Scottish minister and inventor Henry Liston, whose father was also a Robert Liston, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Split into simpler sentences: Robert Liston (28 October 1794--7 December 1847) was a pioneering Scottish surgeon. He was the son of the Scottish minister and inventor Henry Liston, whose father was also a Robert Liston, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.