Complex sentence: Richard Cumberland (1631--1718), English philosopher and bishop of Peterborough from 1691, the son of a citizen of London, was born in the parish of St Ann, near Aldersgate.
Split into simpler sentences: Richard Cumberland (1631--1718) was an English philosopher, and bishop of Peterborough from 1691. The son of a citizen of London, he was born in the parish of St Ann, near Aldersgate.