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John Kinder was born on 17 of September 1819 in London, England. He was the oldest survivng child of Thomas Kinder and Fanny Pickworth. In the mid 1830's, Kinder began his art interest. At Southampton he met Aaron Penley who was a watercolourist. He taught Kinder the principles of watercolour painting and related disciplines such as perspective. In 1838 Kinder went on a trip to Belgium with his father. He was impressed by the paintings and medieval cathedrals he saw. Two of Kinder's sisters who also painted were Charlotte and Sarah. In 1855 he came to New Zealand to become headmaster at the Church Of England Grammar School in Parnell, Auckland. He was 36 years old. In 1859 Kinder married Celia Brown. He developed an interest in photography in the 1860's. Kinders's brother (Henry Kinder) was poisoned in 1865 by his wife and her lover. Kinder adopted his children, Francis Nester (Nessie), and Harry.

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