Complex sentence: William Henry Webb born as "born mathematician" into an era when shipbuilding was considered as much an art as a science, brought new levels of professionalism to the craft through his combining of the art of design with the discipline of careful mathematical calculation.
Split into simpler sentences: William Henry Webb was a "born mathematician" in an era when shipbuilding was considered as much an art as a science. He brought new levels of professionalism to the craft by combining the art of design with the discipline of careful mathematical calculation.