Complex sentence: George Alexander Legman (November 2,1917--February 23,1999), American social critic and folklorist was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Emil and Julia Friedman Legman, both of Eastern or Central European Jewish descent; his father was a kosher butcher.
Split into simpler sentences: George Alexander Legman (November 2,1917--February 23,1999), American social critic and folklorist. Legman was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Emil and Julia Friedman Legman, both of Eastern or Central European Jewish descent; his father was a kosher butcher.