# Sir Philip Dass — The World Set Free character guide

> Sir Philip Dass in The World Set Free by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dass, the discredited Dass

**First appearance:** 0026-v

## Who they are

A disgraced British official.

## In the story

### [I: The New Source of Energy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/i-the-new-source-of-energy)

Attempts to secure a world monopoly on atomic engineering through patent litigation, is cross-examined in court.

### [§ III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/iii)

Dass is the plaintiff in the patent litigation, attempting to monopolize atomic engineering; he is depicted as lying in the witness box.

### [IV: The New Phase](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/iv-the-new-phase)

The discredited owner of the Dass patents, who unsuccessfully dunned the world for compensation and died a victim of conspiracy mania.

### [§ X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/x)

Mentioned as the discredited owner of the Dass patents, who ended his days in a private hospital after unsuccessfully demanding compensation for annexing Holsten's discovery.

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