Complex sentence: Edward R Richards Orpen was born in 1884 to the family of Goddard Henry Orpen of Monksgrange, a renowned historian of the Anglo-Norman period of Irish history.
Split into simpler sentences: Edward R Richards Orpen was born in 1884 to the family of Goddard Henry Orpen of Monksgrange. His father was a renowned historian of the Anglo-Norman period of Irish history.