Complex sentence: John Adair (1913--1997), born in Memphis, Tennessee, is best known for work in visual anthropology, but he was also very much involved and interested in the application of anthropological insights.
Split into simpler sentences: John Adair (1913-1997), born in Memphis, Tennessee. He is best known for work in visual anthropology, but he was also very much involved, and interested in the application of anthropological insights.