in‧he‧r‧i·tor /ɪnˈherətə, ɪnˈherɪtə $ -ər/
noun [countable]1. someone who receives money, property etc from someone who has just died
2. someone who follows in an established way of life or thinking
inheritor of
These writers are inheritors of his work. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲