A Latin translation of Ibn Tufail's work, entitled "Philosophus Autodidactus", first appeared in 1671, prepared by Edward Pococke the Younger. The first English translation by Simon Ockley was published in 1708, and German and Dutch translations were also published at the time. These translations later inspired Daniel Defoe to write "Robinson Crusoe", which also featured a desert island narrative and was regarded as the first novel in English. "Philosophus Autodidactus" also inspired Robert Boyle, an acquaintance of Pococke, to write his own philosophical novel set on an island, "The Aspiring Naturalist", in the late 17th century. The story also anticipated Rousseau's "Émile" in some ways, and is also similar to the later story of Mowgli in Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" as well the character of Tarzan, in that a baby is abandoned in a deserted tropical island where he is taken care of and fed by a mother wolf. Other European writers influenced by "Philosophus Autodidactus" include John Locke, Gottfried Leibniz, Melchisédech Thévenot, John Wallis, Christiaan Huygens, George Keith, Robert Barclay, the Quakers, and Samuel Hartlib.