Complex sentence: William Thomas Stearn CBE (16 April 1911--8 May 2001) was a British botanist known for his expertise on the history of botany and in the classical languages, he obtained a BSc in biology in 1931 and, an AB in classical philology in 1932.
Split into simpler sentences: William Thomas Stearn CBE (16 April 1911--8 May 2001) was a British botanist known for his expertise on the history of botany and in the classical languages. Stearn obtained a BSc in biology in 1931 and, an AB in classical philology in 1932.