Complex sentence: William Herbert Hobbs, Ph.D. (1864-1952) was an American geologist, born at Worcester, Mass., and educated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, at Johns Hopkins (Ph. D., 1888), and at Heidelberg (1888-89).
Split into simpler sentences: William Herbert Hobbs, Ph.D. (1864-1952) was an American geologist. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and educated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, at Johns Hopkins (Ph. D., 1888), and at Heidelberg (1888-89).