midge. name for any of numerous minute, fragile flies fly,name commonly used for any of a variety of winged insects, but properly restricted to members of the order Diptera, the true flies, which includes the housefly, gnat, midge, mosquito, and tsetse fly......Click the link for more information. in several families.idge. 1. any fragile mosquito-like dipterous insect of the family Chironomidae, occurring in dancing swarms, esp near water. 2. any similar or related insect, such as the biting midge and gall midge.
He had graduated from Oxford University and in Williamsburg served as minister of Bruton Parish for fourteen years. Two generations later, his great-granddaughter, Martha Dandridge was born on June 2, 1731 on a plantation near Williamsburg. She grew up in the Dandridge home, Chestnut Grove. She enjoyed riding horses, gardening, sewing, playing the spinet and dancing.
Martha Graham. Martha Graham, shown here with Bertram Ross. Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 â April 1, 1991) was an American dancer and choreographer regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance, and is widely considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.