King Eider & Nigel's Ranter

A number of King's have cropped up as of late and so additions to the recent "Chess/Royalty Theme" pattern-cluster.  And because "hill" has also cropped up recently, what comes to mind is "King of the Hill".  As well, and related in a cryptic sense is a name that cropped up in myprevious post:

• Maurice Harington Kaufmann

The first and last names gives us a cryptic "more ice cough man"... that connects to "cold" (cold makes ice and a cold makes one cough).  And so with this now thrown into the mix, I'm reminded of a certain "kingly hill": the phenomena known as "Pingo's".  Note from the Pingo wiki page:

• A pingo... is a mound of earth-covered ice found in the Arctic and subarctic that can reach up to 70 metres (230 ft) in height and up to 600 m (2,000 ft) in diameter

There are a number of posts where I make reference to Pingo's in both this Pronoiasecrets and my Toumai Blog.  And from everything that has been revealed to me, I've come to learn that Pingo's play a very important role in our early history: a time when mankind reside along the great ice fields of Eurasia during the last glacial period.  Note from the Pingo National Park wiki page:

Ducks such as mallard, green-winged teal, king eider, common eider, and oldsquaw are common to this area as well as a variety of gulls and shorebird species.

And so the King Eider gives us another addition to the recent "Chess/Royalty Theme" pattern-cluster. Note from the King eider wiki page:

 Carl Linnaeus assigned it to the genus Anas, along with the rest of the ducks.^[2] In 1819, William Elford Leach moved it 

So we have two leads, note from their wiki pages:

• Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778)
• William Elford Leach (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836)

May 23 is the day of the year where 222 days remain, February 2 is the  33rd day with 332 days remaining and so an addition to the "Off By One" pattern-cluster as in one off from 33/333; August 25 is an addition to the "Targeting Family Birthdays" pattern-cluster given that it's also the birthday of my granddaughter.  And Linnaeus' date of death stands out given that together with the birthday of my stepson we have a "January 8, __, 10/ Date Sequence" pattern-cluster.  And so bridging the gap using the formula we arrive at:

2000 – Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)

His first name stands out, given the MacGregor's new pup, Nigel, note this excerpt from their recent September 9 post: WHILE WE WAIT FOR IRMA :

• Noah (big dog) and Nigel (little pup) are getting acquainted while we wait for Irma.

 And it's interesting to note that Nigel comes from Neil (meaning cloud or champion) and so we get a cryptic "kneel ranter" ... given that Tranter is an addition to the "Remove a Letter Makes a Word" pattern-cluster... as in remove the T makes ranter.  Note from his wiki page:

• Nigel Tranter (23 November 1909 – 9 January 2000)

He was born on my mothers birthday, hence generating a "November 23(x2)" pattern-cluster.  And so we're looking for the intended 3rd... using the formula and taking into consideration the "one off" cluster we arrive at:

• Jorge Mas Canosa (21 September 1939 – 23 November 1997)

 Note his birthday and note from my previous post:

•  Rand Brooks (September 21, 1918 – September 1, 2003) 
• Maurice Harington Kaufmann (29 June 1927 – 21 September 1997) 

And note this next excerpt from Tranter's  wiki page:

From childhood onwards, Tranter took a great interest in castles and their associated history

And so castles crop up again, another addition to the "Chess/Royalty Theme" pattern-cluster.