Complex sentence: He received the Makdougall-Brisbane prize (1876) and the Gunning Victoria Jubilee prize (1893) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and was the first recipient of the Symons Gold Medal of the Royal Meteorological Society.
Split into simpler sentences: He received the Makdougall-Brisbane prize in 1876 and the Gunning Victoria Jubilee prize in 1893 of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was the first recipient of the Symons Gold Medal of the Royal Meteorological Society.