Complex sentence: After John finished school he attended the University of Edinburgh, where he studied linguistics, philosophy and theology for eight years, and also mastered the languages of Gujarati, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Urdu, Hindustan, Persian, Arabic and Zend.
Split into simpler sentences: After John finished school he attended the University of Edinburgh, where he studied linguistics, philosophy and theology for eight years. While studying these things he became a master in the languages of Gujarati, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Urdu, Hindustan, Persian, Arabic and Zend.