Complex sentence: Melancthon Williams Jacobus, Sr. (19 September, 1816--28 October, 1876) was an American Presbyterian minister and author, born at Newark, New Jersey In 1834 he graduated from Princeton College and four years later from Princeton Seminary.
Split into simpler sentences: Melancthon Williams Jacobus, Sr. (19 September, 1816--28 October, 1876) was an American Presbyterian minister and writer. Born at Newark, New Jersey, in 1834 he graduated from Princeton College and four years later from Princeton Seminary.