Complex sentence: Hazlitt was born to Presbyterian parents at Shronell in Ireland, and--after a grammar school education--matriculated at the University of Glasgow in 1756, where he was taught by Adam Smith, Joseph Black and James Watt.
Split into simpler sentences: Hazlitt was born to Presbyterian parents at Shronell in Ireland, and was edited at a grammar school. He matriculated at the University of Glasgow in 1756, where he was taught by Adam Smith, Joseph Black and James Watt.