Complex sentence: Whishaw was also one of the first translators of Fyodor Dostoevsky, the first to do so in the English language, and successfully had several of the Russian author's novels published between 1886 and 1888.
Split into simpler sentences: Whishaw was also one of the first translators of Fyodor Dostoevsky, the first in the English language. He had several of the Russian author's novels published between 1886 and 1888.