Complex sentence: Low was born in Purley, London the second son of John and Gertrude Low, his father was an engineer and Low's interest in all things mechanical and scientific was fired by visits to his father's place of work.
Split into simpler sentences: Low was born in Purley, London, the second son of John and Gertrude Low. His father was an engineer and Low's interest in all things mechanical and scientific was fired by visits to his father's place of work.