Complex sentence: Andrew Lang (31 March 1844, Selkirk--20 July 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology.
Split into simpler sentences: Andrew Lang (31 March 1844, Selkirk--20 July 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology.