Complex sentence: Herman Hedwig Bernard (1785-1857) was an English Hebraist, for many years Hebrew teacher in the University of Cambridge, died on 15 November 1857, aged 72.
Split into simpler sentences: Herman Hedwig Bernard (1785--1857) was an English Hebraist, for many years Hebrew teacher in the University of Cambridge. He died on 15 November 1857, aged 72.