Complex sentence: William G. (Gibbons) Preston (September 29,1842--March 26,1910) was an American architect who was educated at Harvard University and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Split into simpler sentences: William G. (Gibbons) Preston (September 29,1842--March 26,1910) was an American architect. He was educated at Harvard University and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.