Complex sentence: John Shank More LL.D. (1784-1861) was George Joseph Bell's successor at the University of Edinburgh in the chair of Scots Law, which he held from 1843 to 1861.
Split into simpler sentences: John Shank More LL.D. (1784-1861) was Bell's successor at the University of Edinburgh. He held the chair of Scots Law from 1843 to 1861.