Complex sentence: Emil Clemens Horst (18 March 1867--24 May 1940) was a major figure in the cultivation, harvest and sale of hops in the U.S.A. He emigrated to the U.S. as a child in 1874 from Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Split into simpler sentences: Emil Clemens Horst (18 March 1867--24 May 1940) was a major figure in the cultivation, harvest and sale of hops in the United States. Horst emigrated to the U.S. as a child in 1874 from Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.