Complex sentence: John Gravener Henson, (1785--15 Nov 1852), workers leader and historian of the framework-knitters, was born in Nottingham in 1785, the son of James Henson and the former Mary Gravener.
Split into simpler sentences: John Gravener Henson, (1785--15 Nov 1852) was a Nottingham workers leader and a historian of the framework-knitters. He was born in Nottingham in 1785, the son of James Henson and the former Mary Gravener.