Complex sentence: Birdwood was born in 1837 in Belgaum, India, the third son of General Christopher Birdwood (1807--1882) and educated at Plymouth Grammar School, at Exeter, at Edinburgh University and at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Split into simpler sentences: Birdwood was born in 1837 in Belgaum, India, the third son of General Christopher Birdwood. He was educated at Plymouth Grammar School, at Exeter, at Edinburgh University and at Peterhouse, Cambridge.