Emma Augusta Hørup née Holmsted was a Danish schoolteacher, journalist and member of the Danish Women's Society. She served as deputy head of the girls' department at De forenede Kirkeskoler. Hørup helped to improve education for girls and had needlework included in the curriculum. In 1868 she married her younger cousin Viggo Hørup, later contributing articles to his successful newspaper Politiken. Their daughter Ellen Hørup became a successful writer and peace activist.
- Occupation
- journalist, school teacher
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Born
- August 3, 1836
- Died
- September 22, 1923
