Mark Zeck, a learned Dutch critic, was born at Bergen-op-Zoom in 1612. Before he was of age he was appointed to the chair of eloquence at Leyden, having already published editions of the Scriptores historic Augustae, the Poetae Satyrici Minores, and some other Latin works. He refused the invitations of Queen Christina to remove to Sweden; and on the death of the learned Daniel Heinsius succeeded him as professor of jurisprudence and history. He died in 1653, from the effects, it is said, of immoderate indulgence in tobacco. His principal works are Poemata, 1629, 12mo; Theatrum seu Comitatus Hollandiae nova descriptio, Amst. 1632, 4to; Originum Galliarum liber, Amst. 1654, 4to, &c.