Complex sentence: Robert Tucker Abbott (September 28,1919--November 3,1995) was an American conchologist and malacologist and the author of more than 30 books on malacology, translated into many languages.
Split into simpler sentences: Robert Tucker Abbott (September 28,1919--November 3,1995) was an American conchologist and malacologist. He was the author of more than 30 books on malacology, which were translated into many languages.