Complex sentence: Theodor Benfey (January 28,1809, Nörten near Göttingen--June 26,1881, Göttingen) was a German philologist and the son of a Jewish trader from Nörten in Lower Saxony.
Split into simpler sentences: Theodor Benfey (January 28,1809, Nörten near Göttingen--June 26,1881, Göttingen) was a German philologist. He was the son of a Jewish trader from Nörten in Lower Saxony.