D Ainslie Thin (born 1933), oversaw much of the business's expansion during the following decades. He was a noted mountaineer and a skilled linguist and was described as a great raconteur. D Ainslie Thin's three children, Jackie, Hilary, and Jamie, represented the fifth and final generation of the Thin family to work in the business, with Jackie serving as managing director until the closure of the firm in 2002. Published works With William H. Goold. Printed for the congregation by Morrison & Gibb. The text of an address delivered to a meeting of booksellers' assistants in October 1904. References 19th-century Scottish businesspeople Businesspeople from Edinburgh Hymnologists 1824 births 1915 deaths Burials at the Grange Cemetery