Complex sentence: Louis Dumont (1911--1998) was a French anthropologist, associate professor at Oxford University during the 1950s, and director at the "École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales" (EHESS) in Paris.
Split into simpler sentences: Louis Dumont (1911--1998) was a French anthropologist. He was associate professor at Oxford University during the 1950s, and director at the "École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales" (EHESS) in Paris.