Complex sentence: A distinguished jurist and professor of Roman and civil law, he was dean of the law school, rector of the University of Königsberg, and privy counsel ("Geheimer Justizrat"), and adviser to the Prussian government.
Split into simpler sentences: A distinguished jurist and professor of Roman and civil law, he was dean of Königsberg's law school, later becoming rector of that institution. He was also privy counsel ("Geheimer Justizrat") and adviser to the Prussian government.