inheritorin‧he‧r‧i·tor /ɪnˈherɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 
1someone who receives money, property etc from someone who has just died2someone who follows in an established way of life or thinkinginheritor of
These writers are inheritors of his work.
1someone who receives money, property etc from someone who has just died2someone who follows in an established way of life or thinkinginheritor of These writers are inheritors of his work.