Complex sentence: Born either in Edinburgh in Scotland or Dulwich in London, depending on the source, Reid was the son of a Victoria Street shoemaker, Reid was educated at Wilson's Grammar School and Edinburgh College of Art, where he studied in the late 1930s.
Split into simpler sentences: Born either in Edinburgh in Scotland or Dulwich in London, depending on the source, Reid was the son of a Victoria Street shoemaker. He was educated at Wilson's Grammar School and Edinburgh College of Art, where he studied in the late 1930s.