Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Verrocchio was born in Florence in 1435 to Michele di Francesco Cioni , who worked as a tile and brick maker and , later , as a tax collector .
Simplified: Verrocchio was born in Florence in 1435 . His father was Michele di Francesco Cioni who was not married to Verrocchio 's mother .