Complex sentence: Bateson was born in Grantchester in Cambridgeshire, England on 9 May 1904--the third and youngest son of (Caroline) Beatrice Durham and of the distinguished geneticist William Bateson.
Split into simpler sentences: Bateson was born in Grantchester in Cambridgeshire, England on 9 May 1904. He was the third and youngest son of (Caroline) Beatrice Durham and the distinguished geneticist William Bateson.