Complex sentence: Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, he became a university professor of physiology, and was named Minister of Finance in September 1936 in the government of Francisco Largo Caballero.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, he became a university professor of physiology. He was named Minister of Finance in September 1936 in the government of Francisco Largo Caballero.