Complex sentence: He became a principal in the finance dept. in 1890 he retired from the War Office in 1897 by then the Browne Scholarship in the French and German Languages was created in honor of his wife.
Split into simpler sentences: He became a principal in the finance dept. in 1890; he retired from the War Office in 1897. The Browne Scholarship in the French and German Languages was created in honour of his wife.