Complex sentence: Born into a Quaker family in Scotswood-on-Tyne, Northumberland (now part of Newcastle upon Tyne), he studied at two Quaker schools: from 1912--1916 at Ackworth School in Yorkshire and from 1916--1918 at Leighton Park School in Berkshire.
Split into simpler sentences: Born into a Quaker family in Scotswood-on-Tyne, Northumberland (now part of Newcastle upon Tyne). He studied at two Quaker schools: from 1912--1916 at Ackworth School in Yorkshire and from 1916--1918 at Leighton Park School in Berkshire.