# William L. Patterson

> American leader in the Communist Party and head of the International Labor Defense (1891-1980)

**Wikidata**: [Q8014201](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8014201)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Patterson)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/william-l-patterson


## References

1. BnF authorities
2. Carnegie Hall linked open data
3. [Source](https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NHLS/Text/97000343.pdf)
4. International Standard Name Identifier
5. Virtual International Authority File
6. Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
7. Patterson, William L. (27 August 1891–05 March 1980), writer, attorney, and leader of the American Communist party
8. Google Knowledge Graph
9. [Source](https://archive.org/details/foia_Bart_Phil_NYC-11/page/n88/)
10. IdRef
11. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File
12. [Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno](https://ipac.svkkl.cz/arl-kl/cs/detail-kl_us_auth-p0081139-Patterson-William-L-18901980)