Complex sentence: Jan Gruter (or Gruytere; Latinized Janus Gruterus) (December 3,1560-September 20,1627), a critic and scholar of Dutch parentage by his father's side and English by his mother's, was born at Antwerp.
Split into simpler sentences: Jan Gruter (or Gruytere; Latinized Janus Gruterus) (December 3,1560-September 20,1627), was a critic and scholar of the Netherlands. He was Dutch on his father's side and English on his mother's, and was born at Antwerp.