Complex sentence: One of the early pioneers of the finite element method and computational mechanics, Professor Hinton published around 250 journal and conference papers and was author, coauthor or editor of more than ten books.
Split into simpler sentences: One of the early pioneers of the finite element method and computational mechanics, had an extremely prolific career. In addition he published around 250 journal and conference papers and was author, coauthor or editor of more than ten books.