Original sentence: William Howard Hoople was born in Herkimer, New York in 1868, the son of William Gordon Hoople, a successful leather merchant
Edited sentence: Hoople opened his own leather business at 50 Terry Street, New York city.Hoople was one of the first students at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and after graduation attended another business college in Brooklyn.William Howard Hoople was born in Herkimer, New York on 6 August 1868, the son of William Gordon Hoople, a successful leather merchant