Complex sentence: She persisted in her studies despite the initial opposition of her tutors and fellow students and achieved distinction in her field, being described by the "Daily Mail" in 1906 as "perhaps the greatest lady Egyptologist of the day".
Split into simpler sentences: She persisted in her studies despite the initial opposition of her tutors and fellow students and achieved distinction in her field. The "Daily Mail" described her in 1906 as "perhaps the greatest lady Egyptologist of the day".