Complex sentence: Frederick C. Hopkins was born 12 December 1844 in Birmingham, England, entered the English Jesuits in September 1868, and was ordained a priest on 23 September 1877.
Split into simpler sentences: Frederick C. Hopkins was born 12 December 1844 in Birmingham, England. He entered the Society of Jesus in September 1868 and was ordained a priest on 23 September 1877.