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Sculptor.  Born Dublin to a French father and Irish mother.  The family emigrated to New York when Augustus was a baby.  Studied in America and Europe.  Very successful as a monumental sculptor and for his numismatic work (coins).  Died at his home in Cornish, New Hampshire where there is now the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site.

Valley News reports that a 6th version of the Lincoln statue is to be erected at Cornish in June 2016.