Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Higher education in the city can be traced back to the second half of the 18th century whenthe ownership of the city was inherited by Field Crown Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki .
Simplified: Higher education in the city can be traced back to the second half of the 18th century when the ownership of the city was inherited by Jan Klemens Branicki .