Simplify the following text for a Grade 14 native English-speaking person.
Original: Samuel Chase ( April 17 , 1741 â `` June 19 , 1811 ) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland .
Simplified: Samuel Chase ( April 17 , 1741 -- June 19 , 1811 ) , was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland .