Complex sentence: He was born on May 26,1867 in the township of Ramsay (now part of the Town of Mississippi Mills), in Lanark County, Ontario, and his childhood friend was James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, with whom he attended McGill University.
Split into simpler sentences: He was born on May 26,1867, in the township of Ramsay (now part of the Town of Mississippi Mills), in Ontario's Lanark County. A childhood friend was James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, with whom he attended McGill University.