Francis Beverly Kelley

Francis Beverly "Bev" Kelley (1905-1984) was an American author and press agent who worked with several circuses over his lifetime, including Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. He was married to Elizabeth Ruth Stevens. One of his earliest publications was The Land of Sawdust and Spangles -- a World in Miniature, published by National Geographic. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University, later becoming a trustee to that same school.