Complex sentence: John Edward Morton (1 April 1924--6 March 2011) was a New Zealand biologist, scholar, theologian, conservationist and author of numerous books, papers and newspaper columns.
Split into simpler sentences: John Edward Morton (1 April 1924--6 March 2011) was a New Zealand biologist, scholar, theologian, and conservationist. He was the author of numerous books, papers and newspaper columns.