Complex sentence: French's early education included training in anatomy with William Rimmer and in drawing with William Morris Hunt; he spent a year studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology andn also several years in Florence, Italy, studying in the studio of Thomas Ball.
Split into simpler sentences: French's early education included training in anatomy with William Rimmer and in drawing with William Morris Hunt. French spent a year studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also several years in Florence, Italy studying in the studio of Thomas Ball.