Famous People with Name Arup

Jens Lauritz Arup            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Jens Lauritz Arup: was a Norwegian bishop and politician. He was born in Kristiansand, where his father was a sexton and a school teacher. Arup was also involved in politics, and in 1836 he was elected into the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) for Drammen constituency, where he was reelected in 1839, 1842 and 1845. He was later appointed temporarily councillor of state in interim for the Norwegian government in Sweden in the years 1852–53, 1857 and 1861. Both as a bishop and a politician he was a proponent of religious toleration for Protestant dissenters, and helped pass legislation towards this goal in 1845. He was also in favour of greater liberty from the state for the Norwegian church.

Erik Ipsen Arup            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Erik Ipsen Arup: was a Danish historian, known as the pioneer of radical-liberal history writing in Denmark. Arup's main work, however, is his unfinished Danmarks Historie (History of Denmark, published 1925-32) covering Danish history until 1624 (a posthumous volume, published in 1955, deals with the period until 1665). It was conceived as a textbook for the University but was, because of the considerable debate attending the publication of its first parts, never completed. What is innovative in this work is Arup's coverage of his country's evolution mainly from the angle of material development, of agriculture, of trade, and to some extent of public health. Political or international relations are not ignored, but are somewhat relegated to the background. The work is strongly influenced by the author's political views: his favourite aversions are war policy and militarism, arbitrary royal power, a number of national-patriotic myths, and in general everything he interprets as nationalist views. Among the author's ”victims” are thus Saxo Grammaticus, Absalon, King Christian IV, while men such as Christian II or some medieval opposition figures are given more approval. Arup's language is sharp and committed, marked by his unambiguous views. He concentrates on period documents rather than chronicles or other secondary narratives, and more generally introduces strict demands regarding source criticism. Demands that do not, however, preclude his own audacious conclusions.

Sir Ove Nyquist Arup            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Sir Ove Nyquist Arup: was a leading Anglo-Danish engineer and generally considered to be one of the foremost architectural structural engineers of his time . He was the founder of the internationally recognised engineering firm of Arup.