Complex sentence: José Agostinho de Macedo (September 11,1761--October 2,1831), was a Portuguese poet and prose writer, who was born at Beja of plebeian family, and studied Latin and rhetoric with the Oratorians in Lisbon, Portugal.
Split into simpler sentences: José Agostinho de Macedo (September 11,1761--October 2,1831) was a Portuguese poet and prose writer. He was born in Beja to a plebeian family, and studied Latin and rhetoric with the Oratorians in Lisbon, Portugal.