Complex sentence: Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye (1634--1706), French historian and publicist, was born at Orléans in February 1634, and died at Paris on 8 December 1706.
Split into simpler sentences: Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye (1634--1706) was a French historian and publicist. He was born at Orléans in February 1634, and died at Paris on 8 December 1706.