Complex sentence: Adolf Heinrich Strodtmann (24 March 1829-17 March 1879), German poet, translator and literary historian, had a peripatetic youth, learning the classics in four gymnasiums.
Split into simpler sentences: Adolf Heinrich Strodtmann (24 March 1829-17 March 1879) was a German poet, translator and literary historian. He had a peripatetic youth, learning the classics in four gymnasiums.