Complex sentence: These figures are named after Count Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten, at the time director of the Imperial Porcelain works in Vienna, however an independent earlier discovery by G. Thomson is generally recognised.
Split into simpler sentences: These figures are named after Count Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten, at the time director of the Imperial Porcelain works in Vienna. An independent, earlier, discovery by G. Thomson is generally recognised.