John Hellins

[3] Hellins supervised the translation from Italian of the Instituzioni analitiche ad uso della gioventù italiana by Maria Gaetana Agnesi, which was published in 1801 by Taylor and Wilks, London as Analytical Institutions in Four Books[7] The Gentleman's Magazine in 1828,[8] printed the eulogy on Hellins's life and achievements, given at a meeting of the Royal Society, by Davies Gilbert, its president:

One of those extraordinary men, who, deprived of early advantages, have elevated themselves, by the force of genius of industry, to a level above most persons blessed with regular education.In 1787 he edited The Young Algebracist's Companion.

In 1788, he published Mathematical Essays, on several subjects and in 1802 in two volumes, The Analytical Institutions, originally written in Italian, by Maria Gaetana Agnesi, translated by John Colson.

He later assisted at Greenwich and, furnished William Windham with calculations and tables on which to base his new military system, as Minister of War, in 1806.

He married Miss Anne Brock, a Devonshire lady, who survived him but a short time, and by whom he left an only son, William.

[3] In the North Aisle of the parish church of St. Nicholas is a small tablet of white marble, inscribed:[13][14] In Memory of The REVD.